On August 5, 2022, at approximately 10:25 am, Lac du Bonnet RCMP received a report that a stolen side-by-side off-road vehicle was seen towing a trailer on the service road beside Highway 44 in the RM of Lac du Bonnet.
Officers attended immediately and were able to track the ORV and an ATV to a nearby gravel pit. One male, 36, from Ste. Anne, was taken into custody without incident. The other male attempted to flee in the stolen ORV, which he couldn’t start, and then tried to flee on foot. He was apprehended by an officer.
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Matthew Martens, 31, from Steinbach, has been remanded in custody on charges of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Possessing Break-In Instruments, Possessing Weapons Contrary to Order, and Resisting Arrest. The other male has been released to appear in court on similar charges.
The ORV and ATV were stolen, and the trailer being pulled by the ORV was full of stolen property from a break and enter in the RM of Reynolds that had not yet been reported.
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The estimated value of the recovered stolen property is between $20,000 and $30,000.