FORT QU'APPELLE – Update, April 23: Broadview RCMP have charged a man in relation to this incident.
Through coordinated efforts, Broadview RCMP worked alongside Saskatchewan RCMP Combined Traffic Services, White Butte RCMP and Yorkton RCMP Police Dog Services, Indian Head RCMP, and Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP throughout the investigation, resulting in an arrest.
A 44-year-old man, from Grenfell, has been charged with:
- two counts, fail to comply;
- one count, assault;
- one count, forcible confinement;
- one count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle;
- one count, operation while prohibited; and
- one count, flight from peace officer.
He appeared in Broadview Provincial Court on April 23.
The female passenger has since been released.
Broadview RCMP continue to investigate.
Original post, April 22: The RCMP is confirming reports of multiple RCMP vehicles in the Fort Qu’Appelle area the afternoon of April 22.
This is in relation to a report of a person possibly forcibly confined in a vehicle. This incident has since concluded, and all individuals are safe following an immediate and collaborative RCMP officer response.
Shortly after 1 p.m. on April 22, Broadview RCMP received a report of a person possibly forcibly confined in a blue SUV that left a business in the Grenfell area. The vehicle was located in the Indian Head and then Fort Qu’Appelle detachment areas driving at a high rate of speed. RCMP followed it. The SUV stopped north of Fort Qu’Appelle and the two occupants – one man and one woman – were arrested by RCMP without further incident. No injuries were reported.
Preliminary investigation has determined this incident is not random.
This is all the information police say they can provide at this time; more information will be provided as the investigation unfolds.
