Flin Flon RCMP have arrested a 19-year-old man after two people complained they were assaulted with a fire extinguisher.
On Monday just after 6 p.m., RCMP received word that an employee at a business on Hapnot Street had been assaulted. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been sprayed in the face with a fire extinguisher after a man had stolen a bottle of liquor.
When speaking to the first victim, a new report came in from another business on Main Street. A woman there had also been sprayed in the face with a fire extinguisher after a man attempted to steal cigarettes.
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Neither victim was injured.
Darnell Custer, 19, from Denare Beach, Sask., was arrested shortly after and has been charged with:
- 2 counts of Robbery
- Mischief
- Theft under $5,000
- 2 counts of assault with a weapon
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- 6 counts of fail to comply with probabtion
He remains in custody.
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