Four people were bear-sprayed after a man broke into a Saskatoon home early Wednesday morning.
Officers who were called to the home in the 400-block of Avenue R South at around 1:30 a.m. found the front door was kicked in and bear mace sprayed inside.
They were told a man a fled on a bicycle before they arrived.
He was tracked by a Saskatoon police dog to the area of Avenue Q South and 18th Street West where officers found him sitting near a bike.
Officers said he had a bottle of liquor, drug paraphernalia, and 30 grams of cannabis in individual bags on him.
The 19-year-old Saskatoon man is charged with assault, break and enter, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, marijuana possession, and breach of probation.
Police believe the suspect and victims are known to each other.