A Yellowknife man, who is originally from Fort Good Hope, has been granted bail after he was charged earlier this month, along with his brother, after a taxi cab driver was mugged.
Dean McNeely, 32, who is charged with robbery, was freed from custody in a Yellowknife Justice of the Peace court on $500 bail.
He is to live in Yellowknife, abide by a curfew and have no contact with the cabbie or a possible witness to the alleged robbery.
RCMP stated in a news release last week that they were called about 7:30 a.m. on June 5 to an alley behind the Grayling Manor apartment on 53 St. after the taxi driver reported he had been roughed up and robbed.
He suffered minor injuries.
According to court documents, cash and a cellphone were stolen.
Police located the suspects, who were on foot, later in the day uptown near Woolgar Ave. and Byrne Rd. and were eventually able to apprehend them and another man using a police dog.
Police say one of the McNeelys, they haven’t said which one, was hurt in an interaction with the police dog.
They don’t say whether he was bitten.
The third man was released without being charged, police stated.
Tevin McNeely, 22, Dean McNeely’s brother, is to appear Wednesday for a bail hearing.
Grayling Manor was also the scene of an non-fatal shooting last month.
Police haven’t said if they think the two incidents are related.
If you have information that could held in the ongoing investigation call RCMP at 867-669-1111, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: nwtnutips to 274637,