Amanda Vaughan
Northern News Services
Published Friday, September 21, 2007

YELLOWKNIFE - Robert Hungle, the winter caretaker of a remote wilderness lodge owned by famed aviator Max Ward was found dead after not reporting in to Yellowknife as per his usual weekly routine.

RCMP received a report about a deceased man on the afternoon of September 13, after Arctic Sunwest Charters sent a plane to check on the 60-year-old Hungle.

The police went to the location - 235km north of Yellowknife - by floatplane, and found nothing suspicious regarding his death after examining the scene. They believe Hungle died of natural causes.

Ndilo dogs run loose

The RCMP were in Ndilo Monday after receiving a complaint about dogs running loose in the community.

Const. Roxanne Dreilich said the pack of dogs - reported to be a sled-dog team - were all owned by the same person, who was contacted after the RCMP were called.

"There have been recent issues with unchained dogs roaming in Ndilo, but we have not determined if these are the same dogs that were previously reported," Dreilich said.

She said the owner attempted to corral the dogs but was unable to by himself. He told police that he would obtain help from the band office.

"We haven't seen any further reports of roaming dogs since then," said Dreilich.

Biting assault

A 32-year-old woman was brought to Stanton Territorial Hospital with a bite wound on her hand shortly after midnight, September 13.

"It appears that after the incident, the woman went to her neighbour's house, and the neighbor called the ambulance," said Dreilich.

At the hospital, Dreilich said the woman told attendants that she had been assaulted by her 40-year-old boyfriend, resulting in the bite wound. The hospital then notified the RCMP, who were able to locate and arrest the man for assault.

Uninvited guests

A 45-year-old woman got an unexpected visit to her home from a man who let himself in using stolen house keys, last Wednesday.

Dreilich said the woman told RCMP she had previously made a brief visit to her neighbour's house, leaving her door unlocked, and believed the man, who is known to the woman but did not reside with her, had taken the keys from her residence at that time.

"She had then gone home and locked the door, not noticing that her keys were taken," Dreilich said.

The woman called the RCMP after the man had let himself in with her keys at around 6:15 a.m., accompanied by another man who was unknown to the woman.

Police are investigating the incident, and are attempting to locate the suspect, a 50-year-old man.

Man assaults group of women

A 22-year-old man is in custody after assaulting three women during one incident near the Discovery Inn on Sept. 12.

"It was reported that the man was initially focused on one of the women, and then her two friends stepped in to intervene, and during the course of the incident, he assaulted all three of them," Dreilich said.

The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday. The RCMP were able to get victim statements from two of the women. The suspect was later found hiding in the residence of the first woman attacked, who Dreilich said is in a relationship with the man.

The man is now facing charges on three counts of assault and one count of failing to comply with a probation order as a result of the altercation.