RCMP Media Release | On July 10, 2025, at 5:20 am, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire at a business located in the 500 block of Main Street in Swan River. Upon arrival, officers observed extensive smoke emanating from the building with significant damage to the interior. With assistance of […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 10, at 12:30 am, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of an injured male at a residence in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Officers, along with EMS, responded immediately and located a 57-year-old male with critical injuries who was pronounced deceased on scene. His death is being investigated as a […]

RCMP Media Release UPDATED: The 29-year-old male passenger of the southbound vehicle involved in the collision on July 1, 2025, has succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The 36-year-old male driver of that vehicle is in stable condition in hospital. Swan River RCMP, along with RCMP Criminal Collision Investigation Team, and a Traffic Analyst continue […]

RCMP Media Release | On June 21, 2025, at 6:00 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of an attempted theft of vehicle in progress at a residence located in the RM of Mountain. The caller stated he was awakened by someone outside his home. When he went out to investigate, he located an unknown […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 13, 2025, at 9:10 am, officers from the Swan River RCMP Detachment received a report of a single-vehicle rollover that occurred on River Avenue in Bowsman. Officers attended to the scene and located three female subjects outside the vehicle, two passengers (22, 19) who were able to exit the […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 10, 2025, at 4:05 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a sudden death at a residence located on Crescent Drive in Swan River. Officers attended and located a 46-year-old male, from Swan River, outside the home with injuries. He was pronounced deceased on scene. The death is […]

RCMP Media Release | On November 2, 2024, at 3:25 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a 24-year-old male having assaulted several people and was now walking around the community with a firearm. As officers arrived in the community, information was received that the suspect had fled the area after being picked […]

RCMP Media Release | UPDATE On November 4, the second 16-year-old male, from Swan River, who was arrested earlier in the day, was charged with 2nd Degree Murder and remanded into custody. On November 5, RCMP arrested a third suspect, a 15-year-old male from Swan River, and charged him with Manslaughter. He was remanded into […]

RCMP Media Release | On November 1, 2024, at approximately 11:00 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of an unresponsive male in Legion Park in the Town of Swan River. Officers arrived on scene and located a 21-year-old male, from Brandon, with obvious injuries who was pronounced deceased on scene. His death is […]

RCMP Media Release On September 22, 2024, at approximately 6:45 pm, Dauphin RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Mountain Avenue in Dauphin as part of an ongoing investigation. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle by activating the lights and sirens on the police vehicle, the suspect vehicle fled at a […]

RCMP Media Release | On September 18, 2024, at approximately 8:00 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a female who had been brought to the Swan Valley Health Centre who had wounds from a firearm. The investigation has determined that a 48-year-old female from the community was walking outside of a multi-unit residence […]

RCMP Media Release | On September 7, 2024, at approximately 6:35 pm, Swan River RCMP, with the assistance of the RCMP Emergency Response Team, the RCMP Remote Piloted Aircraft Section, and RCMP Police Service Dog Flex and his handler, executed a search warrant at a residence on 1st Street South in Swan River. When police […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 8, 2024, Swan River RCMP received a report of a sudden death in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Manitoba. Officers attended the residence and located a 54-year-old female deceased inside her home. An autopsy was conducted and it has been determined that the female died as the result of an injury […]

On June 20, 2024, at approximately 9:40 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a plane crash north of Minitonas, in the Rural Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman. RCMP attended and located a small single engine airplane in a field east of the Lenswood Highway. The lone occupant, a 53-year-old male from the RM of Minitonas-Bowsman, was pronounced […]

RCMP Media Release | On June 2, 2024, at approximately 11:30 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP received a report of shots fired on West Road in Minegoziibe Anishinabe. Officers attended immediately and located an injured 34-year-old male. Life-saving measures were attempted by officers, but the male succumbed to his injuries on scene. The death was determined to […]

RCMP Media Release | On May 11, 2024, at approximately 4:10 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a male walking around the community threatening people with an edged weapon, in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. While officers were en route, they received an update advising the suspect had taken a family member’s vehicle and may […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 4, 2024, at approximately 9:40 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle from Swan River. It was reported that a suspect had entered a home, taken keys, and stole the homeowner’s vehicle. Officers located the stolen vehicle on Valley Road at Highway 10, and initiated […]

RCMP Media Release | On March 12, 2024, Swan River responded to a break-in that occurred at the arena in Minitonas. Sometime overnight a break-in had occurred and power tools and other items were stolen. Later that day officers attended a residence in Minitonas, attempting to arrest a suspect responsible for other property crime offences. […]

RCMP Media Release | UPDATE: Jan 25, 2024 The investigation has been completed and was found to be non-criminal. ______________________________ On January 23, 2024, at 5:00 pm, Swan River RCMP received a report of an incident, from the day before, from the Benito School of a suspicious vehicle having driven past two female students, ages […]

RCMP Media Release | UPDATE: On January 16, 2024, Dean Bell, 29, and Tyrone Guiboche, 40, both from Swan River, were arrested and charged with Manslaughter in relation to the homicide of the 33-year-old male that occurred on January 13, 2024, in Swan River. They were remanded into custody. _________________________________ On January 13, 2024, at […]

RCMP Media Release | On November 25, 2023, at 9:30 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of shots fired at a residence, located on 1st Street South, in Swan River. Officers attended to the home and observed that the front door, a front window and wall had been damaged by gunfire. The suspect […]

RCMP Media Release | On November 3, 2023, at 6:20 pm, officers from Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover on Provincial Road 483, located approximately eight kilometres west of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Officers arrived on scene and located a mini-van, with four occupants, which had entered the ditch and rolled. […]

RCMP Media Release | On September 30, 2023, at 5:00 pm, Swan River RCMP, along with the local fire department and EMS, responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 83, located approximately 19 kilometres south of Swan River. Officers attended the scene and discovered that an SUV, with five occupants, was travelling […]

RCMP Media Release | On September 24, 2023, at approximately 11:50 pm, RCMP responded to an assault and break-in at a residence on 7 Avenue North, in Swan River. A male known to the resident, broke into his home, assaulted and threatened him, and stole a cellphone and bicycle. The victim, a 45-year-old male, sustained […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 18, 2023, at approximately 4:15 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP responded to a single-vehicle rollover that occurred on Provincial Road 272, south of Duck Bay. Officers arrived on scene and observed that a pickup truck, with one female occupant, had left the roadway, entered the ditch and rolled. The 31-year-old driver, […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 3, 2023, Swan River RCMP became aware of an armed robbery that had occurred in the evening of August 2, 2023. Police found that a male had been held against his will by five people in a garage at a residence on 2nd Avenue in Minitonas and robbed with […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 21, 2023, as part of an ongoing investigation, Manitoba RCMP West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST), along with Swan River RCMP, executed a search warrant at a residence in the RM of Mountain. Officers seized just over 1 kilogram of cocaine, drug paraphernalia and a firearm. Officers […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 17, 2023, at approximately 12:00 am, RCMP responded to a possible impaired driver at a business on Main Street, in Swan River. It was reported a female in a new dark coloured truck appeared impaired and left the business travelling south. Officers made patrols and located the vehicle on […]

RCMP Media Release On July 6, 2023, at approximately 8:25 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a single vehicle rollover, on Highway 10, south of Cowan. The investigation has determined the vehicle was travelling south on Highway 10, when it went off the roadway and rolled. The two occupants, both from Briggs Spur, were thrown […]

RCMP Media Release | On June 7, 2023, a 15-year-old male was arrested in Winnipeg by RCMP Major Crime Services investigators and charged with Manslaughter in the death of a 29-year-old woman in Swan River. The male is from Swan River and was known to the deceased. He was remanded in custody. Swan River RCMP […]

RCMP Media Release| On May 29, 2023, at approximately 3:00 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a deceased female inside a residence in Swan River, Manitoba. Officers attended the scene and located a 29-year-old woman deceased. There was nobody else present inside the home. This matter is being investigated as a homicide. RCMP […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 30, 2023, at approximately 11:10 am, Swan River RCMP were dispatched to an armed robbery at a business in the 1200 block of Main Street in Swan River, Manitoba. Officers arrived on scene immediately, but the suspect had fled. Investigation determined that a male had entered the business attempting […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 28, 2023, at approximately 4:25 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP responded to a single-vehicle rollover that occurred on Provincial Road 272, located six kilometres south of Duck Bay. Officers arrived on scene and observed that a pickup truck, with three male occupants, had been traveling northbound when it left the roadway […]

RCMP Media Release | On April 7, 2023, at approximately 3:40 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a snowmobile collision on a groomed trail in Porcupine Provincial Forest, located approximately 35 kilometres from Birch River. An 80-year-old male, from Minitonas, was travelling behind another snowmobile when he veered off the groomed trail […]

RCMP Media Release | On February 14, 2023, at approximately 3:20 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a robbery outside a business on Main Street, in Swan River. It was reported that two victims, a 15-year-old female, and a 14-year-old male, were walking on Main Street when they were approached by a male and female. […]

RCMP Media Release | On February 10, 2023, at 10:25 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a 29-year-old male having been assaulted on Sapotaweyak Cree Nation and was being transported to the Swan Valley health Center with non-life threatening injuries. Shortly thereafter, at 11:00 am, officers were advised that two additional males, ages […]

RCMP Media Report | On December 29, 2022, Swan River RCMP received a report of a missing person, 28-year-old Thunder Gott from Swan River. Thunder Gott was last seen in the early hours of December 26, 2022, on Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation. He was wearing a light green Columbia jacket, grey hoodie, black pants and […]

RCMP Media Release | On December 6, 2022, at approximately 1:35 pm, RCMP responded to a disturbance on Main Street, in Swan River. When officers arrived it was determined that a robbery had occurred at a nearby business. A male suspect entered the business, threw items at the employee, and then assaulted him. The employee […]

RCMP Media Release | On December 2, 2022, as part of an ongoing investigation, the West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST), along with Swan River RCMP, executed a search warrant at a residence on Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation. Officers seized approximately one kilogram of cocaine, a quantity of prescription pills, over $10,000.00 in […]

RCMP Media Release | On October 17, 2022, at 4:40 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence located on Lorne Avenue in the community of Birch River. Once the fire was brought under control and extinguished, firefighters entered the home and located unidentified human remains. UPDATE: RCMP […]

RCMP Media Release | On October 17, 2022, at 4:40 pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence located on Lorne Avenue in the community of Birch River. Once the fire was brought under control and extinguished, firefighters entered the home and located unidentified human remains. The cause […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 15, 2022, at approximately 12:35 am, Winnipegosis RCMP responded to a structure fire, at the BlueSky family wellness centre on McKay’s Point Road, on Pine Creek First Nation. When officers arrived the centre was fully engulfed in flames and the Fire Department was on scene. There was no one […]

RCMP Media Release | On August 7, 2022, at approximately 5:05 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a home invasion at a residence located on 5th Ave S in Swan River. Officers attended the location and spoke with the two victims, a 21-year-old male and 17-year-old female, who advised that two suspects, a […]

RCMP Media Release | On July 16, 2022, at approximately 5:50pm, Swan River RCMP responded to a motor vehicle rollover on Highway 83, about 16 kilometres south of Benito, Manitoba. When officers arrived, fire and ambulance were already on the scene. Initial investigation has determined that a vehicle was travelling north on Highway 83, when […]

RCMP Media Release| Charles Gott has been safely located. The RCMP thanks the public and media for their assistance. ______ On July 10, 2022, at approximately 12:15 pm, Swan River RCMP received a report of a missing 32-year-old male from Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Manitoba. Charles Ray Edward Gott has not been seen since the end […]

RCMP Media Release | On June 27, 2022, at approximately 11:55 am, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of found human remains in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. With the assistance of RCMP Forensic Identification Services and an anthropology team, investigators are currently on site conducting a search of the area. The identity of the remains […]

RCMP Media Release | On March 27, 2022, at approximately 3:00 am, Swan River RCMP received a report that a male had been shot at a residence in Benito, Manitoba. Four individuals – two males and two females – were at a residence in Benito when the door was kicked in and three individuals – […]

RCMP Media Release | On February 25, 2022, at approximately 5:55 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP responded to an armed robbery at a business on Highway 20, in Camperville. Two male suspects, both wearing high-visibility jackets, entered the business, one armed with a firearm. One of the suspects pointed the gun at the employee and demanded cash. […]

RCMP Media Release | On March 6, 2022, at approximately 12:20 am, Swan River RCMP responded to a shooting at a residence on Makaysees Drive on Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation. The initial investigation has determined that two occupants were inside a home when a known male showed up at the door. The suspect entered the […]

RCMP Media Release | On February 22, 2022, at approximately 12:05 am, Swan River RCMP received a report of a stabbing at a residence located in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Officers arrived in the area and were advised of four male victims, three having been stabbed and one assaulted – aged 54, 30, 18, and 17 […]