Two people are in La Ronge court today facing fourteen charges each after being arrested in connection to an alleged assault that took place last summer.
La Ronge RCMP received a report last Thursday of a woman being seriously assaulted and robbed, but the incident occurred in June, 2022.
The investigation involving the La Ronge General Investigation Section, La Ronge RCMP, Stanley Mission RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP’s La Ronge Crime Reduction Team resulted in a search warrant being executed on Tuesday at a home in Stanley Mission.
RCMP say their officers located and seized 15 long-barrelled firearms (including one semi-automatic model), two handguns (one of which was loaded), ammunition, prohibited magazines, ten knives and two cans of bear spray.
They also located and seized approximately 31 grams of methamphetamine, 85 grams of cocaine, 672 grams of cannabis, a sum of cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia. Thirty-six-year-old Jonas Hardlotte and 33-year-old Roseanne Halkett have been arrested in connection to the June 2022 assault and in relation to the items seized by police during the search warrant.
36-year-old Jonas Hardlotte and 33-year-old Roseanne Halkett, both from Stanley Mission, are each charged with:
– one count, attempted murder, Section 239(1)(b), Criminal Code;
– one count, robbery, Section 344(1)(b), Criminal Code;
– one count, aggravated sexual assault, Section 273(2)(b), Criminal Code;
– one count, unlawful confinement, Section 279(2), Criminal Code;
– one count, aggravated assault, Section 268(1), Criminal Code;
– one count, choking to render another person incapable of resistance, Section 246(a), Criminal Code;
– one count, possession of the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine), Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
– one count, possession of the purpose of trafficking (cocaine), Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
– one count, possession of the proceeds of crime under $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code;
– one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code;
– one count, unlicensed possession of a firearm, Section 91(1)(a), Criminal Code;
– one count, possession of a prohibited weapon, Section 91(2), Criminal Code;
– one count, possession of a loaded prohibited firearm, Section 95(1), Criminal Code; and
– one count, possession of a prohibited device, Section 91(2), Criminal Code.
