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By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted August 28, 2024 1:42 pm
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MACKLIN, Sask. – A Saskatchewan man faces arson charges over hay bale fires around a town near the Alberta boundary.
RCMP say surveillance video and other evidence helped officers identify and arrest the 25-year-old from Macklin.
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RCMP say within the last month, officers responded to more than 15 reports of deliberately set hay bale and grass fires in the area.
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The town’s local fire department helped investigate and offered a reward of $26,500 for information leading to an arrest, but RCMP did not say if the reward was paid.
Mounties say the accused is to make a court appearance in November.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 28, 2024.
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