RCMP lays weapons charge against Moore

The RCMP has laid another charge against the man involved in a recent Amber Alert in Saskatchewan.

In a media release Friday, the Mounties said Benjamin Martin Moore had been charged Aug. 26 with one count of breaching a weapons prohibition order.

The charge was laid two weeks after RCMP officers executed a search warrant at Moore’s home in Eastend and found three crossbows, arrows and arrowheads.

On Aug. 9, the Saskatchewan RCMP charged Moore with failing to report information to a registration centre within seven days after a change of main or secondary residence.

That’s required under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act; Moore has a history of sexual offences against children and vulnerable people.

The Amber Alert was issued after Moore and his common-law partner took two children and fled Eastend. The RCMP and Ministry of Social Services officials had gone to the family’s home to conduct a wellness check.

The Mounties said Moore will face the charges after he’s released from custody in the United States. He was arrested at a campground near Sturgis, S.D., after allegedly driving through a cut barbed wire fence to cross the border.

In the media release, the RCMP said the extradition of Moore from the United States “is not being considered at this time as police investigations in both countries are ongoing.”

“Currently, Benjamin Martin Moore and his common-law partner remain in custody in the United States,” the release added. “Requests for information regarding Benjamin Moore and his common-law partner’s arrest, charges or length of stay in the United States need to be addressed to United States authorities.”

According to an online list of inmates in the Pennington County (S.D.) jail, Moore remained on federal hold for immigration and customs enforcement Friday. His common-law partner, who appeared on the list at the time of Moore’s arrest, wasn’t on the list Friday.

The RCMP said it couldn’t provide any more details about the investigation or the children, although the Mounties did say the kids “are safe and are receiving proper supports.”