Humboldt RCMP took the reins in an investigation that led to the capture and arrest of a male suspect wanted in an armed robbery and violent vehicle thefts.
On April 1, 2025 at approximately 11:45 am., Humboldt RCMP received a report of an armed robbery on Highway 5, approximately five kilometers west of the Highway 5 and Highway 2 junction, near Meacham, SK.
Officers responded and determined an adult male in a truck was pulled over on the side of Highway 5 when a male suspect approached his vehicle. The male suspect assaulted the male in the truck with a weapon and stole his vehicle. The male suspect left the vehicle he was originally travelling in at the scene; that vehicle was determined to have been reported as stolen in Saskatoon previously. The injured male reported non life-threatening injuries to police.
While responding to the initial scene, officers received a report of a robbery at a business located near the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 2. The male suspect left in a truck heading southbound on Highway 2.
Shortly after, officers located the stolen truck on Highway 2 north of Watrous, SK, where they engaged their emergency equipment and initiated a traffic stop, but the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed. Officers followed the vehicle, which abruptly reversed and narrowly missed hitting police vehicles several times. The vehicle also swerved to avoid a tire deflation device officers set up in an attempt to stop it.
Eventually, the truck came to a stop. Officers told the male he was under arrest. When he resisted, officers deployed a conducted energy weapon and the male was arrested.
30-year-old Brandon Burns from Keeseekoose First Nation is charged with:
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one count, robbery with a weapon, Section 344(1)(b), Criminal Code;
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one count, resist/obstruct peace officer, Section 129(a), Criminal Code;
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one count, assault with a weapon, Section 267(a), Criminal Code;
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one count, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Section 320.13(1), Criminal Code;
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one count, flight from peace officer, Section 320.17, Criminal Code; and
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one count, theft, Section 334(b), Criminal Code.
Brandon Burns appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court on April 2, 2025.
Wakaw, Humboldt, Watrous, Southey, Saskatoon and Craik RCMP, along with Prince Albert RCMP and Regina Police Service Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) assisted in this investigation.