Manitoba

Donald 'Rocky' Loupelle wanted after violent attack at Winnipeg hotel

Winnipeg police are advising the public to keep an eye out for Donald 'Rocky' Loupelle after a worker at the McLaren Hotel had parts of her ear bitten off in a violent attack June 19.

Laverne Bunn, 40, had face scratched, pieces of ears bitten off in brutal McLaren Hotel attack

A close up photo of the corner of a red brick building.
Lavene Bunn says she was attacked at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday while working at the McLaren Hotel on Main Street. (CBC)

Police are advising the public to keep an eye out for a 44-year-old male suspect after a worker at a Winnipeg hotel had parts of her ears bitten off in a violent attack last weekend.

Donald "Rocky" Loupelle and a woman in her 20s are suspects in an attack at the McLaren Hotel on June 19.
Donald 'Rocky' Loupelle, 44, is wanted by Winnipeg police after a woman was viciously attacked by a pair of men June 19. (Winnipeg police)

At about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, 40-year-old Laverne Bunn was working at the hotel, located in the 500 block of Main Street, when a man and a woman came in. She refused them service and they proceeded to attack her for several minutes, police said.

The suspects took off before officers arrived, but investigators now believe Loupelle was involved.

He is 5-foot-7, has a medium build and weighs 143 pounds, police said. He has brown eyes, facial hair and dark, wavy hair.

Loupelle is wanted for aggravated assault. 

The woman in her 20s who took part in the assault is about 5-foot-9, has a medium build and weighs 172 pounds. She has dark hair and brown eyes, police said.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call investigators at 204-986-6668 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
The suspect bit Laverne Bunn's face four times, scratched her eyelid and bit off pieces of both of her ears. (CBC)