Man wanted since 2021 arrested in Opaskwayak
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A man wanted since 2021 was arrested in Opaskwayak Cree Nation on Saturday.
Manitoba First Nations Police Service officers were patrolling when they saw an intoxicated man outside a business. He gave them a false name, police said in a news release Thursday.
Officers determined the man was wanted on a years-old Canada-wide warrant of arrest for “parole violations” for nearly four full years.
Cody Chartrand, 33, of Opaskwayak was arrested on the strength of the warrant and is facing new charges of identity fraud and obstructing police.
He has been remanded into custody to appear in court at a later date.
Chartrand was on the Winnipeg Crime Stoppers monthly list of most-wanted people in December 2021. He was sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison in April 2018 for breaking-and-entering and for using a firearm during the offence. He began statutory release on Aug. 10, 2021, and a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest was issued Oct. 8.
Chartrand had previously been convicted in provincial court of three court-order breaches and an assault.
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Cody Chartrand, seen here in a photo given out by Winnipeg Crime Stoppers in late 2021, was arrested Saturday, nearly four full years after a warrant for his arrest was issued.