MEADOW LAKE, Sask. – A former jail guard at a northern Saskatchewan RCMP detachment has been charged with sexual assault. Dennis Bienvenue, 71, was charged after a review of a cell block video.
The Meadow Lake RCMP detachment commander was reviewing the video on Tuesday and saw a female prisoner being removed from the cell block area. Mounties say the activity was not part of Bienvenue’s duties.
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An investigation was launched and Bienvenue was charged with sexual assault. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on June 8 in Meadow Lake.
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Bienvenue’s work at the detachment has been terminated. He was working there as a guard through the Corp of Commissionaires.
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