On Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, at approximately 10:56 pm, police were dispatched to the 1400 block of Athol Street for a weapons call. Police investigated and learned that when the resident answered the door, a group of people armed with various weapons, including a firearm, entered the house, stole property, and left.
A short time later, on June 4th, 2017, at approximately 12:53 am, police were dispatched to a night club on the 2400 block of 11th Avenue for a report of a firearms offence. Police arrived and learned two males and a female were outside of the club where they were robbed of their belongings at gunpoint by a group of suspects. An area search was conducted with negative results.
Police located a suspicious vehicle and performed a vehicle stop near 5th Avenue and Angus Street. Weapons (including bladed weapons and two firearms) were observed in the vehicle, as well as property from the Athol Street Break and Enter and the 11th Avenue robbery. The occupants of the vehicle, five males and a female, were arrested without incident.
All six were jointly charged with:
- 3 x Armed Robbery [CC 343(d)]
- 4 x Possession of Stolen Property [CC 355(b)]
Eighteen year-old Aaron Roy SPARVIER (DOB: 12/19/1998), of Regina, is also charged with:
- 2 x Break Enter & Commit [CC 348(1)(B)]
- Failure to comply [137 YCJA]
- Pointing a Firearm [CC 355(B)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Disguise with Intent [CC 351(2)]
- Breach of Undertaking [CC 145(3)]
Twenty-five year-old Jeremiah Theodore STONECHILD (DOB: 1991/08/15), of Regina, is also charged with:
- Break Enter & Commit [CC 348(1)(B)]
- Pointing a Firearm [CC 355(B)]
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
- 2 x Disguise with Intent [CC 351(2)]
Twenty year-old Lyndon James DELORME (DOB: 1996/09/06), of Punnichy, is also charged with:
- Disguise with Intent [CC 351(2)]
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
Eighteen year-old Jesse Shane KEEWATIN (DOB: 1998/08/11), of Regina, is also charged with:
- 2 x Failure to comply [137 YCJA]
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
- 2 x Disguise with Intent [CC 351(2)]
- 2 x Break Enter & Commit [CC 348(1)(B)]
Twenty-two year-old Kayla RUNNS (DOB: 1994/12/31), of Punnichy, is also charged with:
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
Twenty-five year-old Cody Michael GORDON (DOB: 1991/10/26), of Punnichy, is also charged with:
- 2 x Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized [CC 92(1)]
- 2 x Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device/Ammunition in a Motor Vehicle [CC 94(1)(a)(i)]
- 2 x Break Enter & Commit [CC 348(1)(B)]
All six accused made their first appearance in Provincial Court this morning, June 5, 2017, at 9:30 a.m.