A former member of the Assiniboia RCMP is facing a criminal charge for breach of trust. (file photo/JPBG)

By paNOW Staff

Breach of trust charge

Former RCMP officer known for giving now accused of taking

May 30, 2019 | 3:05 PM

A former RCMP officer charged in connection to a $16,000 theft from a charity has a history of giving in northern Saskatchewan.

In November of 2017, Jason St. Pierre was a corporal in the Assiniboia detachment when he helped deliver more than $40,000 worth of hockey gear to northern communities including Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay.

At the time, St. Pierre, who organized similar donations in the past, was quoted in a paNOW news article saying, “I’ve always been involved in the communities that I’ve policed in. I think just knowing the people, and my kids played hockey, it just made it easier to donate that equipment.”

In 2017, former RCMP corporal Jason St. Pierre helped coordinate this large donation of hockey equipment for youth in northern Saskatchewan. (file photo/Bryan Eneas)

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Now, St. Pierre is facing a criminal charge in connection to a different fundraising campaign. In a news release issued Wednesday, the RCMP said St. Pierre led an initiative to raise funds for a community charity in December 2015. In January 2017, the bank account for the charity was found to be empty and the account closed.

During a Code of Conduct review — an internal RCMP investigation for serving members — St. Pierre was suspended from the Assiniboia RCMP with pay. Prior to the review’s conclusion, St. Pierre resigned from the RCMP in June 2018.

A criminal charge for breach of trust was laid against the 42-year-old on May 22.

St. Pierre is scheduled to appear in Assiniboia Provincial Court on Aug. 8.

-With files from CJME

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