The fireplace division in Macklin, Saskatchewan has confirmed a 25-year-old man arrested in reference to a sequence of rural hay bale arson assaults was certainly one of its firefighters.
The Saskatchewan RCMP says the native detachment acquired no less than 15 reviews of intentionally set hay bale and grass fires over the previous month, with the primary incident reported on July 31 in a area close to Macklin.
RCMP and the Macklin hearth division launched an investigation, analyzing proof and surveillance footage, and the fireplace division’s board even supplied a $21,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest of the particular person accountable.
“These fires resulted in property loss and vastly impacted our native farmers,” stated Cpl. Christopher Neufeld of Unity RCMP.
After a month of investigation, police arrested Logan Sieben on Monday. He faces prices of arson inflicting mischief, arson with intent to defraud, and theft below $5,000.
In a Fb publish on Tuesday, Macklin hearth Chief Justin Bast stated that after weeks of working with police, “our worst suspicions had been confirmed.”
“It’s with profound unhappiness that we report this particular person was a member of the fireplace division,” Bast stated.
“We deeply apologize to the general public and hope that you simply perceive that this rash of incidents, resulting from one particular person’s actions, under no circumstances represents the Macklin hearth division, its members or what we stand for. We need to thank everybody for his or her help, help and understanding.”
Sieben is scheduled to look in Unity Provincial Courtroom on Nov. 18.
The RCMP says the investigation is ongoing, and farmers and land house owners are suggested to move hay bales to places the place they are often monitored.
Macklin is 250 kilometres west of Saskatoon close to the Alberta boundary.
