Abraham Guenter
Year of birth: 1983
Wanted for: CDSA Possession for the Purposes of Trafficking
Police Report | Sep 25, 2023
September 20
The Winkler Police Service has received numerous complaints over the last several weeks regarding a male looking into residential windows at night. After a lengthy investigation and with assistance from the public, police arrested a 37 year old male resident of Winkler with 8 counts of Trespassing by Night, 2...
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Police Report | September 25, 2023
The Winkler Police Service has received numerous complaints over the last several weeks regarding a male looking into residential windows at night. After a lengthy investigation and with assistance from the public, police arrested a 37 year old male resident of Winkler with 8 counts of Trespassing by Night, 2...
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Police Report | September 18, 2023
The following are some of the files that were opened with the Winkler Police Service during this time period. Sept 11 While conducting an investigation into trafficking of methamphetamine, police executed a search warrant at a residence on Royal Crescent. A small amount of methamphetamine was seized along with drug...
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On November 9th, 2023, at 2:57 p.m., the Winkler Police Service was dispatched to a report of a vehicle stolen with a 2-year-old girl in the vehicle. Police learned that the child’s mother had walked inside a business on 1st Street, intending to immediately return to the vehicle. As the woman entered the business, a male suspect got into the woman’s car and drove away with the child still in the vehicle.![]()
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Police resources from the Morden, Winkler, and Altona Police Services immediately began flooding the area. Officers learned that an electronic device capable of GPS tracking was inside the stolen vehicle and this data was used to coordinate the police response. ![]()
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At 3:04 p.m., seven minutes after the initial call, a Winkler police officer located the stolen vehicle traveling on Road 14 N between Road 23 W and Road 22 W. This officer blocked the road with his patrol car, causing the suspect to stop the stolen vehicle, at which time he was taken into custody.![]()
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While the suspect was being arrested, numerous additional officers arrived on scene and police located the child unharmed inside the stolen vehicle. She was returned safely to her family.![]()
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Dieter Martsch, age 36 of Winkler, has been charged with Forceable Confinement, Theft of Motor Vehicle, and Driving without a Licence. He has been remanded in custody to appear in Winnipeg Provincial Court on November 10th, 2023.![]()
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The suspect and the victim in this incident were not known to each other and police believe the suspect to have been under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the vehicle theft.
In September, 2022, the Morden and Winkler Police Services, with assistance from the Winnipeg Police Service Firearms Investigation and Enforcement Unit (FIEU), commenced an investigation that determined a male was attempting to manufacture 3D-printed firearms in Winkler. ![]()
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On November 24, 2022, with assistance from the Regional Support Tactical Team, investigators executed a search warrant in the 200 block of 8th Street South in Winkler. Abram Friesen, 27-year-old years old of Plum Coulee, was taken into custody, along with a second adult suspect.![]()
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A search of this residence resulted in the seizure of ammunition, as well as items related to the illicit production of firearms including a 3D printer and 3D printer filament. Both suspects were later released without charges, pending further investigation.![]()
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An extensive police investigation was conducted with assistance from the RCMP National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST), RCMP Digital Forensics Services (DFS), and RCMP Forensic Identification Services (FIS). Police were able to determine that the seized 3D printer had in fact been used in the attempted production of an illegal firearm. ![]()
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On October 22, 2023, Friesen was arrested again in relation to this incident, and he has now been charged with the following offence:![]()
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• Attempt to manufacture a firearm, to wit: a handgun;![]()
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Friesen was released on an Undertaking with a court date of January 9, 2024, in Morden, Manitoba.![]()
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This is another excellent example of multiple, specially trained units from a number of different police agencies working together in the interest of public safety.
On October 17th at 9:30 a.m. police received a report of a vehicle theft from a business on Cargill Road. The theft occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Information was obtained that led police to believe the vehicle had travelled to Winnipeg later in the morning. At about 9:30 p.m. while on general patrol officers located the stolen vehicle in a parking lot of a retail business on Navigator Road. Police activated emergency lights and attempted to conduct a traffic stop but the vehicle fled from police southbound on Main street at an extremely high rate of speed. Due to the manner of driving and out of concern for the safety of the public and occupants of the vehicle, police aborted the pursuit and attempted to maintain visual contact. The truck was located near the intersection of 6th Street and Peters Avenue however the occupants had fled on foot. PSD Juno and her handler were requested to the scene to attempt in tracking the occupants. While PSD Juno was following the trail of the occupants from the abandoned vehicle, officers were also patrolling the area and located a male near 6th Street and Pembina Avenue whom they believed to be the driver of the stolen vehicle. While police were in contact with this male, PSD Juno was hot on the trail and after a few minutes found herself coming right up to where the male was already in custody with police, removing all doubt as to whether this was the right person. A second subject was arrested at a nearby residence. A 24 year old male and a 21 year old female both residents of Winkler face numerous charges and were remanded in custody.
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Wanted
If you have information about the location of any of the following people, contact the Winkler Police at 204 325-0829.
Aleksandr Nikushkin
Year of birth: 2001
Wanted for: Theft of Motor Vehicle
Anatoli Beckstedt
Year of birth: 1985
Wanted for: Disobey Court Order, Breach Probation
Anthony Nash
Year of birth: 1998
Wanted for: Theft Under $5000, Fraudulently Possess Credit Card Data, Possess Stolen Property, Fail to Comply with Undertaking, Fail to Comply with Appearance Notice, Fail to Comply with Probation Order
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