Man charged with homicide
Homicide detectives have arrested a man in the city’s latest slaying.
Ricky Dwayne Mancheese, 49, was stabbed on Kennedy Street between Sargent and Cumberland avenues just before noon on Tuesday.
Winnipeg police investigators arrested Matthew Gerald Tomack Pelletier, 36, on Wednesday evening.
He’s been charged with second-degree murder and held in custody.
Police are still asking for anyone with information on the killing to call detectives at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.
Sawed-off shotgun seized in Osborne Village
Winnipeg police seized a sawed-off shotgun from a man who was loitering in Osborne Village Wednesday afternoon.
Community support officers, who were patrolling in the neighbourhood at about 2 p.m., saw a man loitering on River Avenue near Osborne Street and went to talk to him.
The officers discovered a sawed-off shotgun in his backpack and arrested him, police said Friday.
Wayne Richard Sinclair, 37, has been charged with three firearms offences and was held in custody.
Man waving imitation pistol leads to drug seizure
Winnipeg police seized a sizable amount of meth, fentanyl, cocaine and opioid pills after being called about a man waving a gun from the window of his car on Thursday morning.
Police said they were called about the driver, who was in a parking lot on the 200 block of Maryland Street, at about 4:30 a.m.
Patrol officers found the vehicle in a drive-thru and arrested the driver and passenger. In the vehicle, police found a starter pistol and 3.1 kilograms of meth, 67 grams of fentanyl, 32 grams of cocaine and some opioid pills, as well as $2,700 in Canadian cash.
A 24-year-old man, Exekielle Amurao, is charged with driving while prohibited and a slew of drug offences, along with weapon possession. A 29-year-old woman has been charged with similar offences.
Louise Bridge to close as of Monday
The city is closing the Louise Bridge for two weeks of maintenance beginning Monday.
The bridge will be closed from 6 a.m. on Monday to 6 p.m. on June 28.
The city has warned motorists to give themselves extra time to travel, suggesting people heading downtown from westbound Nairn Avenue or southbound Stadacona Street to use Midwinter Avenue to the Disraeli Freeway as an alternative.
Pedestrians will still be able to access one side of the bridge throughout the maintenance work.
Man hit with more charges in kidnapping
A man who shot himself during a kidnapping in Gods Lake Narrows in April has been charged with further offences.
On April 1, RCMP in the northern community were called to a shooting at about 8 a.m., where they found a 35-year-old man with serious injuries from a bullet wound. He was flown to Winnipeg for treatment.
Major crimes investigators later determined the 35-year-old and a 28-year-old woman had kidnapped a 28-year-old man at gunpoint, took him elsewhere and held him at gunpoint, but at one point, the male kidnapper shot himself. The other two weren’t hurt.
The 35-year-old, George Amos Watt, and the woman were initially charged with kidnapping with a firearm and forcible confinement. On May 29, Watt was charged with gun offences and failing to comply with probation.
Firefighters fight blazes
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service reports it extinguished two fires — one at a Tyndall Park business Friday and another at a West End home Thursday.
Fire crews were sent to a commercial building on the 800 block of Keewatin Street on Friday just after 1:30 a.m. When they arrived, they saw flames coming from an outdoor storage yard. Firefighters stopped the fire from spreading to other buildings and the blaze was deemed under control at 2:09 a.m. No injuries were reported.
On Thursday, crews rushed to the 400 block of Toronto Street after reports of a fire at a two-storey home shortly before 10 p.m.
The blaze was declared under control at 10:06 p.m.
No one was found inside the house and no injuries were reported.
The cause of both fires is under investigation.