This past Saturday , Sandy Bay RCMP received a report of a fire at an abandoned house in Sandy Bay.

 

Officers immediately responded along with local fire services, who extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported to police. The building was heavily damaged.

 

A male teenager was arrested later that morning with the assistance of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation security personnel.

 

As a result of continued investigation, the male teenager is charged with:

- one count, arson,  and two counts  failing  to comply with undertaking condition.

 

 He can’t be identified  as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act, so RCMP  are refraining from providing his name as well as his specific age.

  

Sandy Bay RCMP continue to investigate this incident, as well as other structure fires (three houses and one outbuilding) that have occurred in Sandy Bay in October. It’s believed the fires may have been deliberately set.

Sandy Bay RCMP ask anyone who witnessed or knows how these fires started to report it to police by dialling 310-RCMP. Information can also be submitted anonymously by contacting Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.