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Kidnapping, assault charges laid after woman taken from home in Saskatoon

Three men are facing a number of charges, including assault and kidnapping, after a woman was taken from a home Sunday night in Saskatoon. File / Global News

Four people are facing over 40 charges after an alleged assault and kidnapping in Saskatoon.

Police said they were called to a home in the 200 block of Lenore Drive at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday after a man reported three other men had entered the home and threaten him and a woman with firearms.

He was assaulted, suffering minor injuries, before the intruders left with the woman in a white GMG Jimmy, according to the police report.

Officers said they located the vehicle a short time later at the intersection of Taylor Street East and Acadia Drive where they said they made a high-risk stop.

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The woman was found inside the vehicle and two men were arrested. Police said she was not physically harmed.

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A search of the vehicle turned up a loaded firearm and an airsoft firearm.

Police said they are searching for the third suspect, but did not provide a description.

All three are facing a number of charges including assault, robbery and kidnapping.

A fourth man was arrested at a home in the 3500 block of Taylor Street and is charged with conspiring to commit kidnapping.

Saskatoon police said the victims and suspects are known to each other.

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