On May 11, at around 10:00 p.m., Selkirk RCMP received a call for a robbery at a retail store on Manitoba Avenue. It was reported that a Loss Prevention Officer had been threatened with a knife before the suspects fled in a black SUV, leaving carts full of merchandise behind.
Officers arrived and located the black SUV at the intersection of Manitoba Avenue and Highway 9. A traffic stop was initiated.
The 66-year-old woman, driving the SUV, from Steinbach was found to have a warrant for her arrest for Theft Under $5000. The front-seat passenger, a 51-year-old woman from Bloodvein First Nation, was found to have a warrant for her arrest for Taking a Motor Vehicle Without Consent. Another passenger, Maureen Young, 31-year-old woman from Winnipeg, was identified as the individual who had wielded the knife. All three females, as well as a 43-year-old man, were taken into custody for multiple separate offences and active warrants.
Young is charged with Failing to Comply with Release Order Condition, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Robbery with Other Offensive Weapon, and Possession of Weapon for Dangerous Purpose. She was remanded into custody.
The man is charged with Theft Under or Equal to $5000-Shoplifting. He, along with the other two women in the vehicle, were released with court dates.
The Loss Prevention Officer was not physically injured.