Yellowknife NT, June 27th, 2024
In the early morning hours of June 26th, 2024, Yellowknife RCMP received a report that a female victim had just escaped from a tent where she had been held against her will for the last week and assaulted by a male suspect with a weapon.
Officers from the Yellowknife detachment as well as members of the "G" Division Emergency Response Team located and attended the tent, where police were able to take the suspect into custody safely.
As a result, a 47-year-old male was charged with:
- Forcible Confinement, contrary to section 279(2) of the Criminal Code
- Sexual Assault with a Weapon, contrary to section 272(2)(b) of the Criminal Code
- Failure to Comply with Release Order, contrary to section 145(5)(a) of the Criminal Code
- Obstructing Justice, contrary to section 139(1) of the Criminal Code
- Overcoming Resistance to the Commission of an Indictable Offence, contrary to section 246 of the Criminal Code
He appeared before a Justice of the Peace and was remanded into custody to appear in court on June 28th, 2024 in Yellowknife.
Yellowknife General Investigation Section has taken charge of the investigation, which is continuing.
Anyone who has information about this incident is asked to contact the Yellowknife RCMP at 669-1111 or Crime Stoppers at http://www.p3tips.com. In the event of an emergency call, 911.
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For more information, contact:
Cst. Josh Seaward
Media Relations Officer
Northwest Territories RCMP
RCMP.NTMedia-NTMedias.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca