{"id":40475,"date":"2025-12-12T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=40475"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:14:42","slug":"swan-river-rcmp-arrest-male-after-shots-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2025\/12\/12\/swan-river-rcmp-arrest-male-after-shots-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan River RCMP Arrest Male after Shots Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"RCMP Media Release | <\/p>\n

On December 9, 2025, at approximately 11:05 pm, Swan River RCMP were notified of shots fired outside at a residence in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.<\/p>\n

Officers attended the residence immediately and were advised by a female occupant that a male known to her, had tried to forcefully enter the home. When the suspect could not get in, he shot out the surveillance cameras and then proceeded to cut the cord disabling the home\u2019s internet and fled the property.<\/p>\n

Police began a search of the community for the suspect and were able to locate him inside a residence, hiding in a bedroom. He was arrested without incident. Ammunition was seized from the property, while the suspect\u2019s firearms were located at a separate residence.<\/p>\n

Joshua Stevens, 34, from Swan River, was remanded and charged with the following:
\nWeapons possession contrary to order and fail to surrender x4
\nDischarge firearm with intent
\nCareless use of a firearm
\nPossession of weapon for dangerous purpose x2
\nFail to comply with undertaking condition x4
\nCarrying concealed weapon
\nMischief under $5,000, damage to property x2
\nWeapons transfer without authority x2
\nPossession of a firearm when knowing possession unauthorized
\nUsing firearm in the commission of an offence<\/p>\n

Swan River RCMP continue to investigate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RCMP Media Release | On December 9, 2025, at approximately 11:05 pm, Swan River RCMP were notified of shots fired outside at a residence in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Officers attended the residence immediately and were advised by a female occupant that a male known to her, had tried to forcefully enter the home. When the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-40475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}