On February 13, 2025, at approximately 7:00 am, Neepawa RCMP received a report of suspicious activity on Highway 261, approximately 4 miles west of Glenella.
As officers were on route, the Operational Communications Centre (OCC) advised they received two more complaints about suspicious people in the same area as well as a possible stolen vehicle.
Officers arrived on the scene, on Highway 261 near Road 77 West, and found a truck and snowmobile which were both unoccupied.
Shortly after arriving, a male drove up to the scene advising that the snowmobile, along with an ATV, had been stolen from his father’s property. He advised that two unknown males had been seen walking away from the abandoned truck and snowmobile while two other unknown males armed with a firearm had fled on the ATV.
Manitoba RCMP Police Dog Services (PDS), along with officers from Amaranth and Portage la Prairie Detachments and Sandy Bay Manitoba First Nations Police Service, were called in to assist.
A short time later officers arrested the two male suspects on Highway 261, that had fled from the truck and snowmobile on foot.
With the help of a drone, officers located the stolen ATV that was stuck in deep snow in a field. PDS was able to locate the two male suspects and they were both arrested without incident. No firearm was recovered with the two suspects, but officers did locate one in the ditch where the snowmobile and truck were left.
Ethan Beaulieu, 26, Brendon Spence, 27, and Rambo Roulette, 38, and an 18-year-old man all of Sandy Bay First Nation were charged with numerous offences and remanded into custody.
The investigation continues.
