News release
Portage la Prairie RCMP debunk kidnapping report, charge male with impaired driving
April 21, 2026
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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP
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On April 20, at approximately 3:50 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP received a second-hand report of a possible kidnapping.
Officers responded immediately and located the suspect vehicle within five minutes, outside a business near the intersection of 21st Street and Park Drive in Portage la Prairie. Officers surrounded the vehicle and took three males into custody. The purported victim, a 20-year-old male, came out of the store, told officers there had been a misunderstanding with the individual who called in the report and he had not been kidnapped.
Further investigation confirmed no kidnapping had occurred, but that the driver of the vehicle was impaired. A 29-year-old male was taken to the Portage detachment and subsequently recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.16 per cent – or twice the legal limit. He was also under a release order with conditions to not operate a motor vehicle and not to possess or drink alcohol.
Brenton Ledoux, 29, of Waywayseecappo First Nation has been charged with:
- Operating a motor vehicle while impaired;
- Operating a motor vehicle above 0.08 per cent; and
- Failure to comply with release order conditions x2.
Ledoux was held in custody overnight and scheduled to make a court appearance on Tuesday.