LITTLE PINE FIRST NATION, Sask. – Four people are in custody and police are hunting for a fifth suspect after two home invasions on the Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan.
Cut Knife RCMP say two men and three women forcibly entered the residences last Friday afternoon.
They were brandishing a rifle and the lone occupants in each of the homes were assaulted.
Windows were broken and the houses damaged before the suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of money.
The two victims were injured and one was treated at Battleford Union Hospital. He has since been released.
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Three of the suspects were arrested Friday evening.
Stacey Fox, 37, is facing eight charges including pointing a firearm, robbery with a firearm and assault causing bodily harm.
He appeared Monday in North Battleford provincial court.
Shailynn Littlechild, 21, is facing four charges including robbery with a firearm. She also appeared in court on Monday.
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The third suspect, a 28-year-old woman, was released on conditions to appear in Cut Knife provincial court on Nov. 4. Her name has not been released.
Elsie Darlene McArthur, 30, turned herself in to Mounties late Wednesday evening. She is set to appear in court Thursday morning.
The fifth suspect remains at large.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Preston Boyd Wahobin, 32. Mounties say he is known to reside in the Cut Knife jurisdiction, Saskatoon, Edmonton or Calgary. No picture of Wahobin was available.
Police say he should not be approached. Anyone knowing his whereabouts should contact their local police service or Cut Knife RCMP at 306-398-3500.
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