RCMP
Items seized by RCMP -on January 7, 2023
Released - 2023-01-13 - 1:30 p.m.
On January 7, 2023, at approximately 2 p.m., Yorkton RCMP received a report of a vehicle with two occupants in the ditch along Highway #10, east of Yorkton. Officers responded and investigation determined the vehicle and the license plate were both reported as stolen in Regina. When asked by police, a male occupant of the vehicle provided a false name. He and a female occupant also refused a police command to exit the vehicle. Both occupants were arrested. As part of the ongoing investigation, officers searched the vehicle and located the following illicit substances:
- 42.6 grams of cocaine;
- 32.6 grams of crystal methamphetamine;
- 9.9 grams of fentanyl;
- 720 hydromorphone tablets;
- five grams of liquid concentrate cannabis; and
- five methylphenidate tablets.
The illicit substances were seized by police for further investigation. As a result of the investigation, 25-year-old Crystal Fox, of Regina is charged with One count - resist/obstruct peace officer, One count Possession - Schedule I: fentanyl, and another for opioids.
33-year-old Dustin Rusnack, of Regina is charged with Three counts of resist/obstruct peace officer, Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000; Another count for Over $5,000, Possession for the purpose of trafficking - Schedule 1: fentanyl, another for cocaine, Another for methamphetamine, and another for opioid.
Rusnack was also ticketed for having, keeping or consuming alcohol in a vehicle, and arrested on warrants from Estevan Police Service for flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and resist/obstruct peace officer.
As a result of further investigation, Rusnack was also charged in relation to a White Butte RCMP investigation on January 6, 2023. At approximately 9 a.m. that morning, White Butte RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle in Pilot Butte. When the officer approached it, the male driver fled at a high rate of speed, colliding with a police vehicle and a garbage bin. No injuries were reported. Rusnack was charged with: Flight from peace officer,
Rusnack and Fox are scheduled to appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on January 13, 2023.
