Abduction charges dropped in Sask. Amber Alert case
An 18-year-old man who triggered an Amber Alert in La Ronge was sentenced today on other matters after the abduction charges against him were dropped by the Crown.
Jarrod John Charles was sentenced today for a previous sexual assault dating back to June 18, as well as failing to appear for court and breaching an undertaking by being alone with children under 16 years old. Charles was given a global sentence of 3.5 months’ time served and three years’ probation.
Charles was initially charged with two counts of abduction of a person under 14 and two breaches of an undertaking after a Sept. 28 incident when he took two young boys from the La Ronge area to his grandmother’s home in St. Louis, Sask.
Crown Prosecutor Luke Coupal said the the abduction charges against Charles were dropped because the incident did not fit the legal requirements.