Man accused of assault faces new charge
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/01/2025 (234 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The man accused of assaulting an unsuspecting 67-year-old with a baseball bat on Jan. 15 in Brandon has received a new charge for breaching the conditions of his release that were imposed by a Winnipeg provincial court judge just a day prior to the attack.
Late last week and over the weekend, the Sun confirmed that Dexter Kyle Wambdiska, 43, was not out on bail when he was arrested by the Brandon Police Service (BPS) the day after his release in Winnipeg, which was granted on the strength of a time served disposition.
Wambdiska was convicted and released on Jan. 14 by Senior Judge Donald R. Slough, and because he found himself in police custody less than a day later, his record had not yet been updated to reflect the court’s ruling in Winnipeg.
These new details conflict with information received immediately following Wambdiska’s apprehension in Brandon, and those reported in the Sun earlier.
Due to processing delays at the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), the online server used by the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) was not yet up-to-date when BPS Chief Tyler Bates first indicated to the Sun that Wambdiska was out on bail.
“The accused dealt with his prior charges and was released on Jan. 14 on a probation order for assault with a weapon in relation to the Winnipeg offences from April 12, 2024,” Bates told the Sun on Saturday in addition to describing the timeline following Wambdiska’s release.
“CPIC no longer shows ‘awaiting disposition,’ but at the time of our incident on January 15, 2025, CPIC was showing that the charges from the 2024 incident were still awaiting disposition. My assumption is being only one day later, that CPIC had not yet been updated,” Chief Bates said.
Bates also explained that there was an error at the CPIC, and Wambdiska’s file showed he was on bail and awaiting disposition.
“The entry on CPIC reflecting that the accused was on bail and awaiting disposition was an error and CPIC had not been updated to reflect the change in status from awaiting disposition to on probation,” Chief Bates added in an effort to correct the record.
“The short timeline of re-offending post release was such that the dissemination of paperwork from the courts to the Winnipeg Police Service and the subsequent updates to CPIC by WPS had not even yet occurred when he re-offended in Brandon. It also appears as though the probation order was discovered a few days later and was added. It is related to the condition not to possess or carry a weapon,” Bates confirmed to the Sun.
On Jan. 23 in Brandon, Associate Judge Donovan J. Dvorak denied Wambdiska’s plea for bail, emphasizing the threat he poses to public safety. Court proceedings for Wambdiska are scheduled to resume on Feb. 4 at his pre-trial conference.
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