Two arrested, two sought in armed carjacking on William Avenue
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This article was published 17/01/2025 (434 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A 43-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint on William Avenue early Wednesday.
Winnipeg police said the man was in a parking lot on the 500 block of William at about 6:30 a.m., when a suspect, who was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, demanded he hand over cash and property.
The suspect made off with the man’s keys and stole his Hyundai Santa Fe, peeling out of the lot. The victim wasn’t injured.
About two hours later, officers saw the vehicle at Sargent Avenue and Furby Street and tried to pull it over. The driver fled and hit a city bus and a police vehicle, police say.
Traffic officers found the vehicle at Kate Street near McDermot Avenue and witnessed four people running away.
Officers arrested two suspects while two others remain at large. Police found the sawed-off shotgun in the vehicle.
Dregus Young, 23, is charged with armed robbery using a firearm and other offences, including two probation order breaches and dangerous driving. Kayla Nepinak, 24, is charged with possessing stolen property and firearms offences.
Both were detained.
Court records show Young and Nepinak have a history of committing robbery and violent incidents.
In December 2020 in Thompson, Young was given just shy of two years in jail, minus time served, for robbery with a weapon, mischief to property and failing to comply with a court order that he not possess weapons for offences he committed in May of that year. He was banned from owning weapons for 10 years, which has subsequently been upgraded to a lifetime ban.
Young has been convicted of assaulting two peace officers in separate incidents, assault with a weapon and a court order breach for possessing weapons.
In Dauphin in October 2020, Nepinak was convicted of aggravated assault and possession of a stolen car in relation to an incident nine months earlier. She was given 15 months in jail, minus time served, and banned from possessing weapons for 10 years.
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Updated on Friday, January 17, 2025 4:25 PM CST: Adds histories of accused