On June 25, 2015, RCMP Brandon Major Crimes Unit charged Jason Prettie, a corporal stationed at the Dauphin RCMP Detachment, with two counts of theft under $5,000, two counts of possession of a weapon obtained by commission of an offence and two counts of obstruct justice.
Dauphin RCMP received a report on March 30, 2015, that Cpl. Prettie was in possession of two weapons that had been in RCMP custody in 2009 in Minnedosa, where Cpl. Prettie was stationed at the time. As soon as RCMP became aware of the allegations, Cpl. Prettie was restricted from RCMP buildings and functions, and an investigation was launched.
During the course of the investigation, RCMP investigators located a rifle and a shotgun that did not belong to Cpl. Prettie in a private residence connected to him.
RCMP report that Cpl. Prettie has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the judicial proceedings. He makes his first court appearance in Dauphin Provincial Court on June 30, 2015.
