Two facing charges following assault, vehicle robbery

​JAN LAKE – Two people have been charged after an assault and a vehicle robbery with a firearm

A collaboration between multiple Saskatchewan RCMP detachments led to the location and arrest of a wanted man and a woman after an assault and vehicle robbery with a firearm in Jan Lake.

On Feb. 15 at approximately at 5:35 p.m., Pelican Narrows RCMP received a report of an assault and vehicle robbery with a firearm in Jan Lake. It was reported to police that two individuals in their mid-20s, a man and a woman, assaulted the occupant of a white Dodge Ram truck and stole the truck.

Police officers from several RCMP detachments responded immediately. Pelican Narrows RCMP, Creighton RCMP and Deschambeault Lake RCMP searched for the white Dodge Ram truck. The truck was not located. The victim was located by Pelican Narrows RCMP and determined to have non-life-threatening injuries.

On Feb. 16 at approximately 3 a.m., while responding to a report of a traffic collision on Highway 165, La Ronge RCMP officers located the male suspect and the stolen white Dodge Ram truck. La Ronge RCMP arrested the suspect, a 26-year-old male who was also wanted on a warrant by Creighton RCMP for breach of probation since Feb. 9.

Through further investigation, on Feb. 16 at approximately 2 p.m., Prince Albert RCMP and Montreal Lake RCMP officers located and arrested the female suspect in a vehicle travelling on Highway 2, north of Prince Albert. During the subsequent search of the vehicle, police officers located a replica revolver CO2 air pistol.

As a result of the continued police investigation, a 26-year-old male suspect, from Prince Albert, has been charged with:

• one count, robbery;
• one count, assault with a weapon;
• one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose;
• one count, carrying a concealed weapon;
• two counts, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.

A 26-year-old- female suspect, from Deschambault Lake, has been charged with:

• one count, robbery;
• one count, assault with a weapon;
• one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose;
• one count, carrying a concealed weapon;
• two counts, failure to comply with a probation order.

The male suspect is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Feb. 26.  

The female suspect is scheduled to appear in Pelican Narrows Provincial Court on March 3.