A 33-year-old Regina man faces 23 charges, including identity theft and fraud after an arrest Wednesday afternoon at a business downtown.
The Regina Police Service (RPS) responded to a call in the 1800 block of Saskatchewan Drive on April 6 at 5:20 p.m. after security staff recognized the man listed on the RPS “wanted” website. He was identified as Robert Lejoure.
“Police arrived and approached the man (who was with a) female and asked (him) to identify himself. The man provided a false identification,” RPS stated in a release. “Further investigation confirmed the man to be the wanted man, and police attempted to arrest (him) on warrants.”
Police said the man and woman “resisted arrest.”
Vanessa Chantel Anaquod-Sparvier, who accompanied Lejoure, pushed the officer attempting to make the arrest and was taken into custody. A search revealed multiple identity documents with many various names.
Lejoure has been charged with identity fraud, obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest, identity theft, and possession of forged documents among other offences.
Thirty-three-year-old Anaquod-Sparvier, also from Regina, was charged with assaulting a peace officer, identity fraud and theft as well as possession of forged documents.
RPS said Lejoure made his first appearance on the charges in Provincial Court Thursday.
Anaquod-Sparvier was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to make her first appearance in Provincial Court on May 30.