The investigation into property crimes may have started in May 2025 but when RCMP cast a wider net Investigators identified 74 reports of break-ins they believed to be connected. These reports occurred in 43 communities and the surrounding areas between September 2019 and February 2026.
Fifty-seven-year-old Michael Arsenault from Regina is charged with 62 counts breaking and entering, 12 counts attempting to break and enter with intent and one count each of possession of property under $5,000 obtained by crime and possession of property over $5,000 obtained by crime. Arsenault will be in Regina Provincial Court Wednesday.
In total approximately $50,000 cash had been stolen and other items that had been stolen included debit/credit cards, gift cards, alcohol, antique coins, and other various items. The type of buildings broken into included local businesses, town offices, post offices, community centers however, investigators are not aware of any homes being broken into.
In a news release Saskatchewan RCMP South District Operations Officer said, “At the core of this investigation are the communities who have been impacted. This may not be a violent crime, but it’s crime that is extremely damaging to those communities who lost valuables and funds and felt their safety has been compromised.”
Anyone else who thinks they may have been a victim of theft connected to this investigation; you are urged to submit details to the RCMP Online Crime Reporting tool.
Communities Impacted & number of public buildings broken into
*All dates listed are “on or about,” said date
*All locations are “at or near,” said community
- September 6, 2019 – Briercrest, SK – three public buildings
- October 24, 2019 – Lipton, SK – one public building
- October 31, 2019 – Cupar, SK – two public buildings
- November 7, 2019 – Spy Hill, SK – two public buildings
- November 14, 2019 – Qu’Appelle, SK – one public building
- December 5, 2019 – Torquay, SK – three public buildings
- June 12, 2020 – Sceptre, SK – one public building
- July 10, 2020 – Val Marie, SK – one public building
- July 29, 2020 – Imperial, SK – three public buildings
- September 30, 2020 – Griffin, SK – two public buildings
- November 25, 2020 – Rush Lake, SK – one public building
- November 30, 2020 – Muenster, SK – one public building
- November 30, 2020 – Lake Lenore, SK – two public buildings
- January 8, 2021 – Archerwill, SK – one public building
- January 28, 2021 – Willow Bunch, SK – two public buildings
- March 13, 2021 – Radville, SK – two public buildings
- April 16, 2021 – Loreburn, SK – four public buildings
- October 15, 2021 – Wood Mountain, SK – one public building
- March 19, 2022 – Glenbain, SK – one public building
- May 20, 2022 – Parkbeg, SK – one public building
- June 17, 2022 – Cedoux, SK – one public building
- August 12, 2022 – Watrous, SK – one public building
- September 6, 2022 – Consul, SK – one public building
- September 28, 2022 – Humboldt, SK – one public building
- March 31, 2023 – Lampman, SK – one public building
- April 26, 2023 – Vanguard, SK – three public buildings
- June 29, 2026 – Eatonia, SK – one public building
- June 27, 2024 – Manitou Beach, SK – one public building
- July 11, 2024 – Herschel, SK – one public building
- August 2, 2024 – Rama, SK – one public building
- January 10, 2025 – Wadena, SK – one public building
- March 31, 2025 – Okla, SK – one public building
- March 31, 2025 – Preeceville, SK – one public building
- April 1, 2025 – Canora, SK – two public buildings
- April 2, 2025 – Foam Lake, SK – four public buildings
- May 9, 2025 – Carlyle, SK – three public buildings
- June 2, 2025 – Eston, SK – four public buildings
- July 1, 2025 – Hudson Bay, SK – one public building
- September 13, 2025 – Whitewood, SK – one public building
- October 29, 2025 – Biggar, SK – three public buildings
- December 16, 2025 – Theodore, SK – one public building
- January 19, 2026 – Beechy, SK – one public building
- February 6, 2026 – Wynyard, SK – one public building