By paNOW Staff

Fourth man charged in La Ronge restaurant owner’s death

May 25, 2017 | 3:39 PM

La Ronge RCMP have arrested a fourth man in connection with the death of restauranteur Simon Grant. 

Mathew Nagy-Charles, 18, was arrested without incident in Air Ronge, this morning at roughly 8:45 a.m.

He is charged with one count of accessory after the fact. 

Nagy-Charles will appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on May 26, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.

RCMP said Simon Grant, 64, was assaulted by masked men after hours at his restaurant, Louisiana’s Bar-B-Que. The perpetrators fled the scene with cash, and Grant was airlifted to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon where he succumbed to his injuries Easter Monday.

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Austin Bird, 18,  and two other suspects, a 17 and 14-year-old who cannot be named under the Youth Justice Act, each face charges of second degree murder, armed robbery, using an imitation firearm, wearing a disguise and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.  

–EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was corrected May 26 at 9:25 to correct an error. RCMP isssued a correction; Nagy-Charles was arrested May 25, not 24.

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