Man wanted since May caught, faces charges from occurrences in west and central Sask.

This past weekend, the RCMP’s Battlefords gang task force caught a 34-year-old man who had been wanted since May 2023.

Dennis Kennedy was arrested on Saturday and faces 23 charges for multiple offences related to a series of occurrences throughout west and central Saskatchewan.

The charges include two counts of mischief, robbery with firearms, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, assault with a weapon on a police officer, and identity fraud.

“Kennedy will be appearing in North Battleford Provincial Court July 17, 2023, at 9:30 for the following offences that occurred in Lloydminster, Maidstone and North Battleford Detachment areas from April 30, 2023, to July 15, 2023,” police said.

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Back in May, the Battlefords gang task force and the Battlefords RCMP detachment had arrested two others related to the same offences.

According to a release, 48-year-old Leonard Wuttunee was previously charged in connection to the same series of occurrences and is currently before the courts for several charges including two counts of robbery with a firearm, discharging fire while reckless, pointing a firearm, mischief and others.

A 44-year-old Battleford woman Veronica Whitford was charged with robbery, reckless discharge of a firearm, mischief, flight from police and possession of crime proceeds of over $5,000. Wuttunee and Whitford appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on May 24, 2023.

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