Suspect connected to numerous incidents, shooting in west-central Saskatchewan arrested

Members of the North Battlefords Gang Task Force have found and arrested a man wanted for multiple offences throughout west-central Saskatchewan and connected to a shooting incident.

The 34-year-old man was one of three suspects wanted for the offences. He was to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Monday on charges stemming from incidents in Lloydminster, Maidstone and North Battleford from April 30 to July 15.

In May, police issued a media release describing a discharged firearm that resulted in an injured woman on Moosomin First Nation, an armed robbery with a firearm incident in Maidstone, and numerous traffic stops that failed to stop a grey Ford F-350 that was reported stolen out of North Battleford. In one of the traffic stops, a police cruiser was rammed, rendering it inoperable.

The man is charged with four counts of failing to comply with a release order, three counts of flight from police, two counts each of mischief, theft under $5,000, reckless discharge of a firearm, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and one count each of robbery with a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, assault with a weapon on a police officer, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting arrest and identity fraud.

A 48-year-old man was previously charged in connection to the same series of incidents and is before the courts facing several charges including robbery with a firearm, discharging a firearm while reckless, mischief, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, flight from police, possession of property obtained by crime, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon contrary to order, and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

A 44-year-old woman was also charged with robbery, reckless discharge of a firearm, mischief, flight from police and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000.