RCMP Make an Arrest in Abduction Case

On January 10, 2023, 24-year-old Hercules Nicholas Chief, of Steinbach, was arrested and remanded into custody on charges of kidnapping, assault with a weapon, possession of property obtained by crime and the theft of a truck.

Back on June 23, 2019, Manitoba RCMP received a report of an attempted abduction of a 16-year-old female on Ste. Anne’s road located in the RM of Tache. Officers from St-Pierre-Jolys, Steinbach and the Police Dog Services responded to this complaint.

The victim was walking her dog on Ste. Anne’s Road in the RM of Tache when a male driver of a pickup truck stopped and asked the victim if she needed a ride. When the victim declined, the male driver forced the victim into the vehicle.

As the vehicle was approaching a dead-end on Road 45 North, approximately 4 km east of Landmark, it began to slow; it was at this time that the victim managed to escape.

She made her way to the nearest residence. The homeowner made an emergency call indicating that an injured 16-year-old female was at their house and that she may have been the victim of an abduction.

The male suspect was described as 18-22 years-old, clean-cut, approximately 5’8” with a medium build with a light-brown complexion, thick and wavy black hair and a round face.

RCMP conducted extensive patrols looking for the suspect and described vehicle but, at the time, he was not located.

As a result of recent information provided to RCMP Major Crime Services, several key pieces of evidence was obtained that secured charges against the now identified accused.

According to the RCMP, the breakthrough in the case came when someone was arrested on an unrelat-