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By paNOW Staff

Court proceedings

La Ronge man charged after Lakeland carjacking incident

Oct 24, 2022 | 5:20 PM

A 32-year-old man from La Ronge is facing a long list of charges in connection to a carjacking incident last week in the Lakeland area.

Cory Halkett is scheduled to make his next appearance on Oct. 31 in Prince Albert.

On Oct. 18, at approximately 4 p.m., Prince Albert RCMP received a report of a robbery. The investigation found a disabled vehicle was parked on the side of Highway 263.

A man approached the vehicle, pointed a firearm at the occupants and forced them to stay inside it. The occupants were later able to escape and call for police. Thankfully no injuries were reported.

Officers immediately responded and found the suspect near the vehicle. They told the man he was under arrest but he responded by fleeing into a nearby forest.

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The next morning, at approximately 8:00, RCMP received several complaints that the suspect was on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation side of Little Red. Officers, with help from Prince Albert Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan and conservation officers with the Provincial Protective Services Branch, searched for the man and arrested him without incident.

Halkett is facing two counts of unlawful confinement, two counts of armed robbery, one count of carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose; and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of an offence.

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