Murray Wood: What happened to basic manners?
At the risk of sounding old fashioned, Murray Wood is questioning the manners of some of the people he meets. He says pe...
The SWAT team had to be called out this weekend as Regina police tried to arrest an alleged thief.
It all started Thursday afternoon when three men broke into a home in the Rosemont area, on the 1200 block of Walker Street. According to police, the men had guns and demanded money and property from the man and woman in the home, then fled in a van. No one was hurt.
Police arrested one 28-year-old suspect that night. A second, 34-year-old suspect was arrested the next night after a struggle with police.
The problems came when police tried to arrest a third, 36-year-old suspect on Saturday night. Officers arrived at a trailer park on the 600 block of Pasqua Street, but the suspect was believed to have weapons. SWAT was called in.
It took 45 minutes of negotiating, but the man was persuaded to come out and was arrested. Inside the home police found a handgun, two pellet guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, holsters, several knives, body armour and several items connected to the robbery on Thursday.
Dustin William St Denis, 28, is charged on three counts:
- driving while disqualified
- breach of undertaking
- breach of probation.
Allan James Haney, 34, is charged on 13 counts:
- use of a firearm during commission of an indictable offence
- careless use of a firearm
- pointing a firearm
- possession of a weapon (handgun) for a dangerous purpose
- unauthorized possession of a firearm
- unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- break, enter and commit robbery
- disguise with intent
- assault with a weapon x2
- possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order x2
Joseph Richard St Cyr, 36, is charged on 20 counts:
- unauthorized possession of a firearm
- use of a firearm during commission of an indictable offence
- careless use of a restricted firearm
- pointing a firearm
- unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- unauthorized possession of a firearm or ammunition in a motor vehicle
- possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order x4
- break, enter and commit robbery
- disguise with intent
- assault with a weapon x2
- possession of stolen property over $5,000
- possession of stolen property under $5,000
- careless use (unsafe storage) of firearm and ammunition x2
- possession of a firearm knowing serial number has been removed
