On June 26, 2012, at about 5:30pm, Russell RCMP Detachment and local EMS were dispatched to a possible drowning at the Asessippi Provincial Park on the Shell River.
On May 5, 2010, in the early morning hours, Roblin RCMP Detachment executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a farm in the RM of Shell River, Manitoba.