On July 16, 2022, at approximately 9:15 pm, RCMP responded to a robbery at a business on Saskatchewan Avenue East, in Portage la Prairie.
RCMP say “a 48-year-old female was sitting in her vehicle in the parking lot, when a male wearing a balaclava, opened her door, displayed a knife and ordered her out of the vehicle. The female got out, and the suspect, along with two other males, got in the vehicle and fled.
The female was not physically injured.
RCMP officers from Headingley and Stonewall located the vehicle near Oak Bluff, however the vehicle refused to stop and continued into Winnipeg.
The suspect vehicle stopped on McGillivray Blvd and the three suspects took off on foot. RCMP Police Dog Services along with Winnipeg Police Service General Patrol Units, AIR1, and the Tactical Support Team, attended the area to assist. Three suspects were located and arrested without incident.
A 15-year-old male from Brandon has been charged with:
Robbery
Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
Disguised with Intent to Commit Offence
Fail to Comply x4
Carrying a Concealed Weapon
Dorian Myerion, 19, of Portage la Prairie has been charged with Robbery and Failing to Comply.
Rishawn Assiniboine, 24, of Winnipeg has been charged with Robbery.
All three males were remanded into custody.
Portage la Prairie RCMP continue to investigate.”
