Update on Charges: Two charged in the death of RCMP officer Constable Shelby Patton in Wolseley Saskatchewan

The 2021 Saskatchewan Homicide Victim List is available here.

Cst. Patton located the stolen pick-up truck in the town of Wolseley and initiated a traffic stop on Sherbrooke Street on June 12th at approximately 7:50am. Cst. Patton was struck and killed by the truck when he exited his vehicle.

Indian Head RCMP received an urgent dispatch that an RCMP officer had been hit and was in cardiac arrest at approximately 7:56am. Despite lifesaving efforts, Paton was pronounced at the scene.

 A farmer near Odessa, SK, contacted police to report that occupants of a white pick-up truck were on their property and stole one of their trucks at approximately 8:38am. The white pick-up truck was found stuck in the mud of a field near Francis, SK, approximately one mile away from the abandoned farmer’s truck. The suspects fled on foot and were arrested just before 10 a.m.

41-year-old Alphonse Stanley Traverse, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been charged with:

  • Manslaughter, Section 236(b) of the Criminal Code;
  • Failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, Section 320.16(3) of the Criminal Code;
  • Theft of a motor vehicle, Section 333.1(1) of the Criminal Code;
  • Possession of stolen property over $5000, Section 354(1) of the Criminal Code;
  • Breach of undertaking – Leaving the Province of Manitoba, Section 145(4) of the Criminal Code.

42-year-old Marlene Velma Louise Pagee, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been charged with:

  • Manslaughter, Section 236(b) of the Criminal Code;
  • Failure to stop after an accident resulting in death, Section 320.16(3) of the Criminal Code;
  • Theft of a motor vehicle, Section 333.1(1) of the Criminal Code;
  • Possession of stolen property over $5000, Section 354(1) of the Criminal Code;
  • Possession of a controlled substance, Section 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
  • Breach of undertaking – Possession of controlled substance, Section 145(4) of the Criminal Code

Update November 26th, 2021
RCMP said the initial manslaughter charges laid against both individuals in relation to Cst. Patton’s death have been withdrawn and the following new charges laid:

Alphonse Stanley Traverse from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been charged with one count, 1st Degree Murder, Section 235(1) of the Criminal Code (previous manslaughter charge withdrawn). Marlene Velma Louise Pagee, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been charged with one count, Accessory After the Fact to Murder, Section 240 of the Criminal Code (previous manslaughter charge withdrawn).

All other previously announced charges remain before the courts and both individuals have remained in custody since their respective arrests.