LLOYDMINSTER — Charges have been stayed against two men accused of operating unlicensed security services under the company names “Tribal Land Division Incorporated” and “Tribal Land Enforcement Division.”
Several charges against Carlietto Santoro, 25, and Darwin Fernandez Quispe, 25, were stayed on June 3, while others had been stayed in February.
The Crown doesn’t have to say why it is staying charges. When the Crown stays charges, it puts the charges on hold. This means the charges can still be "brought back to life," within one year and the accused could be prosecuted again on those same charges. But this rarely happens.
In December 2025, Santoro and Quispe were charged after RCMP executed a search warrant at a business and an apartment in Lloydminster. The search was part of an ongoing investigation. The two men were arrested in Kitscoty, Alta., in relation to this investigation. The North Battleford Crime Reduction Team, Battlefords Provincial General Investigation Section, Lloydminster Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Onion Lake RCMP, and Lloydminster Crime Reduction Team, assisted in the investigation.
Officers seized about 20 grams of cocaine, a sum of cash, three firearms, ammunition, a Taser, a baton, and government identification documents that didn’t belong to the occupants.
Santoro and Quispe, of Edmonton, were also charged with possession of cocaine, weapons trafficking, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and illegal possession of government documents, and acting as a security guard without a license.
Santoro was also charged with providing a security guard service without a license, under Section 6, of the Alberta Private Investigator and Security Guard Act.
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