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...and his truck. 
This guy is some kind of dumb.
This guy is some kind of dumb.
WINNIPEG - Two teenage girls are accused of posing as police officers in a carjacking outside a Winnipeg cultural centre over the weekend.
The victim, a 46-year-old man, was sitting in a pickup truck in the parking lot at the Ukrainian National Home early Sunday when the teens convinced him to get out of the vehicle by claiming they were cops.
The pair then allegedly managed to bind the man's hands, and raided his pockets before taking off in the truck, police said.
Eventually, the man broke free and called police. Less than two hours later, officers found his stolen pickup and one of the suspects in the same neighbourhood.
Calling it an unusual but "quite brazen" incident, Winnipeg police spokeswoman Const. Jacqueline Chaput said police aren't sure why the man listened to the teens.
"I don't know what the circumstances were and why he felt compelled to do it. Probably because they did state they were police officers," she said.
Chaput added his decision to listen to the girls was the right one. "We don't know if they were armed, or what could've transpired if he'd refused."
The Ukrainian centre has been a fixture in the neighbourhood since 1916. On the main floor, a small pub decorated with colourful paintings of folk dancers and Ukrainian churches with onion-shaped domes hosts karaoke every Friday and Saturday night, which would have wrapped up less than an hour before the 1:50 a.m. carjacking.
On Monday, the bartender on duty, who didn't give her name, said she only found out about the carjacking that same day through a patron.
The alleged driver of the stolen truck, a 16-year-old girl, was charged with robbery, forcible confinement, impersonating a police officer, driving without a licence, and drug possession. She's being held at the Manitoba Youth Centre.
The other teen, who is 15, was released on a promise to appear in court. Police said they have charged her with robbery and driving without a licence.
Under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the teens cannot be named.
The victim, a 46-year-old man, was sitting in a pickup truck in the parking lot at the Ukrainian National Home early Sunday when the teens convinced him to get out of the vehicle by claiming they were cops.
The pair then allegedly managed to bind the man's hands, and raided his pockets before taking off in the truck, police said.
Eventually, the man broke free and called police. Less than two hours later, officers found his stolen pickup and one of the suspects in the same neighbourhood.
Calling it an unusual but "quite brazen" incident, Winnipeg police spokeswoman Const. Jacqueline Chaput said police aren't sure why the man listened to the teens.
"I don't know what the circumstances were and why he felt compelled to do it. Probably because they did state they were police officers," she said.
Chaput added his decision to listen to the girls was the right one. "We don't know if they were armed, or what could've transpired if he'd refused."
The Ukrainian centre has been a fixture in the neighbourhood since 1916. On the main floor, a small pub decorated with colourful paintings of folk dancers and Ukrainian churches with onion-shaped domes hosts karaoke every Friday and Saturday night, which would have wrapped up less than an hour before the 1:50 a.m. carjacking.
On Monday, the bartender on duty, who didn't give her name, said she only found out about the carjacking that same day through a patron.
The alleged driver of the stolen truck, a 16-year-old girl, was charged with robbery, forcible confinement, impersonating a police officer, driving without a licence, and drug possession. She's being held at the Manitoba Youth Centre.
The other teen, who is 15, was released on a promise to appear in court. Police said they have charged her with robbery and driving without a licence.
Under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the teens cannot be named.
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