Woman gets five-year sentence for robbery, aggravated assault

A second person is heading to prison for her role in an assault and robbery that started with a meeting outside a Regina nightclub.

During a hearing Thursday in Regina Court of Queen’s Bench, Jenna Hoffman was sentenced to five years in prison. With credit for time served, she’s to spend 1,050 days behind bars.

She also received a 10-year firearm prohibition and was required to provide a DNA sample.

Hoffman pleaded guilty March 16 to charges of aggravated assault, robbery and forcible confinement, while a charge of choking the victim was stayed.

The RCMP’s investigation began on Oct. 4, 2020, when Mounties from the Fort Qu’Appelle detachment and paramedics responded to a call of an injured person who had been found in a field north of Fort Qu’Appelle.

The male victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The subsequent investigation determined the man had met three people outside a Regina nightclub and left with them in a vehicle.

“The victim was beaten, tortured and robbed,” the police said in a release at the time. “The suspects attempted to access the victim’s bank account. The victim was then taken to a field outside of Fort Qu’Appelle, further beaten and left unconscious. Hours later a passerby saw the victim and called 911.”

On Nov. 5, 2020, police searched a home in Wadena and arrested Hoffman and Sheridan Squirrel.

As part of a plea agreement, Squirrel pleaded guilty in March of 2021 to aggravated assault, robbery and forcible confinement and was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

A third person was scheduled to stand trial later this month.