The latest instalment in an ongoing examination of publicly-recorded police activity and media reporting from the WPS.
Note: Fail PO = fail of prior court-ordered probation. other uses of PO indicate police officer, eg: assault PO.
Monday
No briefing. Office closed. but the PIO assistant in to take requests for info.
Now, on the adult criminal intake docket [people arrested and locked up] from the weekend – does not include domestic violence-related arrests, youths arrested or people arrested and released on a promise to appear. Neither does it include RCMP arrests resulting in people being locked up in Winnipeg, which show up on the docket.
- Male, sex assault of a minor, invite sexual touching, anal intercourse, fail probation x3, Fail probation x6
- Male, house break enter and theft, fail bail x3
- Male, DUI, HTA, theft under $5K, fraud under $5K
- Male, fail conditional sentence x2
- Male, fail PO x2 , theft under
- Male, fail bail x2 [pending on fail bail, possess property obtained by crime, possess break in tools, theft under x2, fail PO
- Male, obstruct PO, possess prohibited weapon x2, fail court-ordered weapons prohib x2, HTA
- Male, fail youth sentence, assault, mischief under, theft under
- Female, fail bail x2
- FM, Fail ID appointment [pend on theft under, fail release x2, fail attend court x3]
- Male, assault cause bodily harm, assault, utter threats
- Male, assault cause bodily harm, possess weapon dangerous, utter threats
- Male, fail attend court [pend on theft under x2]
- Male, break enter and theft, possession, mischief under, theft under [pending on break enter and theft, fail PO]
- Female, assault, fail PO
- Male, fail PO, break enter and theft
- Male, fail bail
- Male, possess weapon dangerous, fail bail x3
- Male, assault with weapon x2, robbery, break enter and steal firearm, weapons offences x2, house break enter and theft
- Male, mischief under, robbery with weapon, possess break in tools
- Female, fail POx2
- Male, aggravated assault [Anthony Joseph Martin]
- Male, robbery, fail bail
- Male, possess break in tools
- Male, public sexual indecency, fail police release
- Male, break enter and theft, mischief under, theft under, possess break in tools, fail PO x2
- Female, assault with weapon
- Male, fail ID appointment, fail attend court
- Male, fail bail x6
- Male, break enter and theft, mischief under, theft under, possess break in tools, drug possession, fail police release
- Male, fail PO, fail police release
- Female, theft under, assault PO
Tuesday –
No briefing. Office closed. Emailed notification of arrest of a Drunk driver with weapons in the car.
Now, on the adult criminal intake docket [people arrested and locked up] from the weekend – does not include domestic violence-related arrests, youths arrested or people arrested and released on a promise to appear. Neither does it include RCMP arrests resulting in people being locked up in Winnipeg, which show up on the docket.
- Male, fail attend court [pending on fail attend court, DUI, fail release x2]
- Male, house break enter theft, break enter with intent to commit a crime, theft under, attempted theft under x2, fail bail x2
- Male, HTA x2, DUI [pend on RCMP charges of break enter and theft]
- Male, fail bail
- Female, fail attend court, fail bail, theft under x2, fail bail x3 [pending on assault with weapon, theft under]
- Male, fail show up for ID, fail attend [pending on weapons offences]
- Male, theft under (a car) take auto without owner’s consent, fail prior release
- Male, fail report for ID [pending on fail bail x3]
- Female, fail attend [pending on theft under, fail ID, fail attend x2]
- Male, fail youth sentence, fail abstain from possessing lighters and matches (he’s a young arsonist), fail PO x5
- Male, house break enter with intent, theft over, fail PO [pending on fail PO]
Wednesday –
Briefing held. On the docket was the rearrest of a travel agent accused of defrauding customers, the rescue of a youth from the river, update to a major fire in downtown Winnipeg Tuesday night.
Bizarrely, police make public announcement of the rearrest of Joseph McNabb, who is accused of killing an elderly man, Evaristo Caniuman. the docket expressly notes McNabb has been released by the courts twice, only to allegedly breach his conditions.
Now, on the adult criminal intake docket [people arrested and locked up] from the weekend – does not include domestic violence-related arrests, youths arrested or people arrested and released on a promise to appear. Neither does it include RCMP arrests resulting in people being locked up in Winnipeg, which show up on the docket.
- Male, [Mad Cowz member], fail bail [pending on fail attend court, drug possession, unlawful in dwelling house]
- Male, fail attend, fail bail x2 [pending on DUI, fail attend, DUI]
- Female, HTA, Take auto without consent, fail youth sentence
- Male, drive disqualified, ID fraud, HTA x2
- Male, assault with weapon, utter threats x2, weapons offences [pending on theft under x5m public mischief – report false crime, fail bail]
- Male, fail attend court
- Male, fail conditional sentence
- Male, fail PO, theft under
- Male, fail bail
- Male, fail bail
- Male, possession for purpose of trafficking, fail bail
- Male, fail bail x2 [Joseph McNabb — see prior post]
- Male, possess purpose of trafficking, fail bail
- Female, possess purpose of trafficking
- Male possess purpose of trafficking
- Female, possess purpose of trafficking, fail bail [pending on possess purpose of trafficking, mischief, fail bail x3, drug possession, fail curfew x2]
- Female, fail bail [pending on possess weapon dangerous, cause public disturbance, utter threats, fail bail x2, assault with weapon x2, mischief x2]
- Female, possess purpose trafficking, drug possession, possession of property obtained by crime, weapons x7 (gun related)
- Male, HTA, public mischief, obstruct PO
- Female, fail ID, fail attend [fail attend court, assault with weapon x2, utter threats, theft under x2, fail bail x2
- Male, Sex assault, assault with weapon, fail bail, fail PO, fail bail [he’s awaiting trial on sex assault, sexual interference etc and has been bailed twice. The newest offence is alleged to have been committed in mid-August]
- Male, HTA, drug possession x2, fail bail x3 [pending on theft under, drug possession]
Thursday –
Briefing held. On the docket: The cops will provide free inspections of people’s vehicles, the arrest of a car thief and the first public comment — however cagy and non-specific— about a case of a man suspected of passing on HIV to sexual partners who is wanted for aggravated assault.
Now, on the adult criminal intake docket [people arrested and locked up] from the weekend – does not include domestic violence-related arrests, youths arrested or people arrested and released on a promise to appear. Neither does it include RCMP arrests resulting in people being locked up in Winnipeg, which show up on the docket.
- Male, fail bail x4, fail youth sentence x3 [pending on utter threats x2, fail community service requirement, fail youth sentence, fail police release]
- Male, fail YCJA x3
- Male, 13 x gun offences, possess purp trafficking, trafficking, possess criminal property over $5K
- Male, theft of car, drive dangerous, flight PO, theft under, HTA [police released on this]
- Female, drug trafficking, fail PO x2
- Male, fail bail x2
- Male, house break enter and commit arson, arson to property
- Male, DUI, refuse breath sample, HTA x2
- Male, assault, theft under, fail PO
- Male, fail attend court, assault x4, utter threats, fail youth sentence x2 [pending on fail PO]
Friday –
Briefing held. First up on the docket: The birth of potential K9 puppies (seriously).
The birth announcement is followed by some preliminary details in a homicide investigation, an arrest in a stabbing, and help requested in a commercial robbery.
Now, on the adult criminal intake docket [people arrested and locked up] from the weekend – does not include domestic violence-related arrests, youths arrested or people arrested and released on a promise to appear. Neither does it include RCMP arrests resulting in people being locked up in Winnipeg, which show up on the docket.
- Male, theft under, fail PO
- Male, assault with weapon, assault x3, house break enter with intent, mischief
- Male, house break and enter, mischief
- Male, fail bail x2 [pending on forgery x3 and theft under]
- Male, fail PO x3
- Male, fail attend court [pending on fail ID, drug possession and unlawful in dwelling house. Mad Cowz member]
- Male, robbery with weapon x2, disguised with intent x2
- Male, theft under
- Male, fail bail
- Male, break enter and theft [pending on theft under, possession of criminal property, possession of credit-card copying machine, mischief x4, theft under x2]
- Male, trafficking x2, possess criminal property
- Male, fail attend court, HTA x4, DUI, mischief, theft under, fail bail x2
- Female, fail bail x3 [pending on assault with weapon, fail attend, fail bail x3]
- Male, sex assault, assault weapon, utter threats, fail orders x2
- Male, possess criminal property, housebreak enter and theft x2, theft over x2, fail PO
Six week analysis to follow shortly.
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I laughed when I saw Friday’s media release with eight paragraphs (324 words) dedicated to the pups listed as the very first item. By comparison, the homicide only had half the amount written about (5 paragraphs, 123 words). The staggering difference in the amount of details is telling.
But that’s PR at its finest: distract all the journalists with the cute puppies for 30 minutes before getting to the homicide. Did they think it was going to be the lead story for every outlet or something? Either way, it worked; Maralee Caruso could barely contain her giggling at all the cuteness on the evening news.
Although the pups do have some news value (though just how much is up for debate), I wish no media outlet actually reported on them. I think all the crime reporters should unite on some front to show the media office that you have a serious job to do and that you are going to hold them more accountable.
Keep up the good work on this project, James. It certainly is interesting.
I take no issue with the WPS trumpeting the good things it does. I take issue with the optics of how it’s presented and in what context.
Matt, I can tell you this: the idea of the city’s crime reporters uniting wouldn’t work because some have a vested interest in the status quo.
The problems I see are not the same as what others might. And I’m sure some would have another — probably quite diverging — opinion about what’s presented here.
I guess the risk I run is that I look like a whiner. But as I’ve said again and again: If I’m waiting for the PIO to tell me something, there’s a problem with me.
I wonder if the public knows that an assault with a weapon charge can be as simple as throwing a stuffed animal or an empty plastic slurpee cup at another person. Or- that FTC PO x3 with a theft under can be that the accused stole a package of cheese, but because he was on three probation orders, he gets three charges of FTC PO, as part of the PO is that he keep the peace and be of good behavior. Just because there’s FTC xY, doesn’t actually mean that the accused committed Y number of acts that were breaches of his probation order- especially on curfew conditions. If you’re not home for a curfew check, you get FTC x2- 1 for breaching that curfew, and 1 for not answering the door on a curfew check.
Everyone needs to remember that the morning in custody list is what people have been charged with, *by the police*. And our police aren’t lawyers- they don’t always know what the proper charge is or should be, and many don’t get advice before laying charges.