{"id":40986,"date":"2026-08-30T13:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=40986"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:53:56","slug":"swan-river-rcmp-arrest-two-males-in-machete-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2026\/08\/30\/swan-river-rcmp-arrest-two-males-in-machete-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan River RCMP Arrest Two Males in Machete Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>RCMP Media Release <\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 25, at approximately 6 a.m., Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a serious assault involving machetes that occurred on the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Officers learned the 19-year-old male victim had been outside at 4 a.m. when a number of individuals \u2013 some of whom were wearing masks \u2013 approached. One individual used bear spray on the victim and then others joined in the assault, including two suspects armed with machetes.<\/p>\n<p>The victim suffered multiple injuries and lacerations to various parts of his body before managing to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Two male suspects from Sapotaweyak \u2013 ages 18 and 15 &#8212; were identified as suspects by officers and subsequently arrested without incident.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Chartrand-McKay, 18, is charged with aggravated assault. He was remanded into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old male faces an aggravated assault charge. He was released on an undertaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCMP Media Release On Aug. 25, at approximately 6 a.m., Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a serious assault involving machetes that occurred on the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Officers learned the 19-year-old male victim had been outside at 4 a.m. when a number of individuals \u2013 some of whom were wearing masks \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/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-40986","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\/40986","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=40986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}