A report of a vehicle in a ditch east of Yorkton resulted in several series of charges for a 33-year-old man, along with charges against the woman that was in the vehicle with him.

The man was the same person police allege fled from them on New Year's Day near Estevan.

Police were alerted around 2 p.m. on January 7 to the vehicle in the ditch off Highway 10.

When they arrived, they determined the vehicle and license plate were both reported as stolen in Regina.

Police said the male gave them a fake name, and he and the woman refused to get out of the vehicle. They were both arrested.

A search of the vehicle produced the following 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.

Crystal Fox, 25 of Regina, was charged with:

  • One count, resist/obstruct peace officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code;
  • One count, Possession - Schedule I: fentanyl, Section 4(1), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and,
  • One count, Possession - Schedule I: opioid, Section 4(1), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

And 33-year-old Dustin Rusnack was charged with:

  • Three counts, resist/obstruct peace officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code;
  • One count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Section 88(2), Criminal Code;
  • One count, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code;
  • One count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, Section 354(1)(b), Criminal Code;
  • One count, possession for the purpose of trafficking - Schedule 1: fentanyl, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
  • One count, possession for the purpose of trafficking - Schedule 1: cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
  • One count, possession for the purpose of trafficking - Schedule 1: methamphetamine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and
  • One count, possession for the purpose of trafficking - Schedule 1: opioid, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Rusnack was also ticketed for alcohol in the vehicle. 

Warrants were out for his arrest from the Estevan incident, which you can read about here. So he was also arrested on those warrants.

Further investigation led to Rusnack being charged in relation to a White Butte RCMP matter from January 6. Police say White Butte RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle in Pilot Butte. An officer approached it, and a male driver fled at a high rate of speed, colliding with a police vehicle and a garbage bin. No injuries were reported. 

Rusnack accumulated the following charges from that incident:

  • Flight from peace officer, Section 320.17, Criminal Code; and
  • Criminal Code, and Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code.

 

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