A 22-year-old man faces multiple charges after a break-in and suspicious fire at a high school in Onion Lake late last month.
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Onion Lake RCMP say they received a report of a break and enter at the Onion Lake Cree Nation high school on June 27 at about 5:45 a.m.
Mounties and Onion Lake Cree Nation peacekeepers searched the building and discovered a fire inside. Onion Lake Cree Nation Fire Rescue responded to extinguish the flames.
Police say the building was empty at the time and no injuries were reported. Investigators later determined the fire was suspicious.
Romeo Dillon, 22, of Onion Lake Cree Nation, has been arrested and charged with mischief over $5,000, breaking and entering, arson causing damage to property and theft under $5,000.
Dillon made his first court appearance in Onion Lake on Monday.
The Saskatchewan RCMP’s Battlefords forensic identification section is assisting with the ongoing investigation.
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