Two people face a combined 44 charges after a firearms report and a police chase on Red Pheasant Cree Nation, Battlefords RCMP said Thursday.
Police received a report around 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 of people with firearms entering a residence. The occupants did not report injuries.
Officers patrolled the area and found the suspects driving on a nearby rural road. RCMP said the suspects did not stop for a traffic stop and fled.
Police stopped them on Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation. They were arrested without incident.
A search of the vehicle turned up two firearms, police said. Searches of the two people turned up a small amount of suspected cocaine, 34 MDMA pills and several pharmaceutical-style pills.
Saskatchewan RCMP Police Dog Services assisted.
Trevor Auger, 22, of Edmonton and Riley Baptiste, 29, of Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, Sask., are each charged with:
- two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm
- two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- two counts of possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- two counts of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
- one count of possession of a prohibited weapon
- four counts of firearms possession contrary to an order
- four counts of failing to comply with a release order condition
- one count of resisting or obstructing a peace officer
Auger also faces:
- one count of failing to comply with a release order condition
- one count of impaired operation of a conveyance
- one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
- one count of flight from a peace officer
- one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking
- one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
The charges have not been proven in court. Everyone accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Both appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on Oct. 16. RCMP did not say when they are due back.
