LA RONGE – La Ronge RCMP charged four people after they allegedly pretended to be broken down and tried to rob a group of people in a vehicle.
On Dec. 21, at approximately 2:30 a.m., La Ronge RCMP received a report of an attempted robbery on Highway 165.
Officers immediately responded. Investigation determined a group of individuals were driving on the highway and came across a disabled SUV. A male waved them down and when they stopped to help, he and another male pointed a firearm at them and ordered them out of their vehicle. They did not exit their vehicle and were able to drive away. The occupants didn’t report any physical injuries.
Officers began patrolling the area and located four individuals, two walking on the highway and two in a disabled SUV that was in the ditch, and arrested them. Officers searched the scene and located a gun safe in the vehicle and eight firearms hidden in the snow. Further investigation determined the safe and guns were reported as stolen earlier that night from a residence in La Ronge.
Evan Rain, 28, of Paul First Nation, is charged with robbery, having a face masked with intent to commit an indictable offence, eight counts of possession of a firearm knowing it was obtained by the commission of an offence, possession of property obtained by the commission of an offence, mischief under $5,000, sixteen counts of possession of a firearm while prohibited, and pointing a firearm.
Taza Spyglass, 31, of North Battleford, is charged with eight counts, possession of a firearm knowing it was obtained by the commission of an offence, and possession of property obtained by the commission of an offence.
Wayne McLeod, 22, of La Ronge, is charged with robbery, having a face masked with intent to commit an indictable offence, eight counts of possession of a firearm knowing it was obtained by the commission of an offence, and possession of property obtained by the commission of an offence.
Cool Water Standinghorn, 21, of Moosomin First Nation, is charged with eight counts, possess a firearm knowing it was obtained by the commission of an offence, and two counts, possession of property obtained by the commission of an offence.
McLeod and Rain were unlawfully at large and had Canada-wide warrants for breaching the conditions of their statutory releases.
The four accused are scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on Dec. 22.
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