{"id":850133,"date":"2025-05-21T22:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/regina-man-arrested-after-foot-chase-faces-kidnapping-assault-and-weapons-charges-police\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T22:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:12:55","slug":"regina-man-arrested-after-foot-chase-faces-kidnapping-assault-and-weapons-charges-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/regina-man-arrested-after-foot-chase-faces-kidnapping-assault-and-weapons-charges-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina man arrested after foot chase faces kidnapping, assault and weapons charges: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"86781041-0e12-411c-b362-b53bb8c36a33\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The man held a knife to a woman&#8217;s back before getting into a cab and fleeing from a business where he was said to have threatened people, according to Regina police.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published Mar 21, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>Last updated Mar 24, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>2 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/leaderpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rps-20240710-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=fkZcoGDUwSfneH8NvmaQMg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/leaderpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rps-20240710-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=V5DkRYkKergoDD5hnA0Ffg 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" 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ended in a foot chase, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Regina Police Service (RPS) sent out a news release Friday stating that officers were dispatched at around 12:30 a.m. to a business on the 2800 block of East Quance Street.<\/p>\n<p>A report was received about a man threatening people inside the business with a knife, according to the release.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Regina Leader Post\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.6.3\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-rlp-new.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\n<li>Get exclusive access to the Regina Leader-Post ePaper, an electronic replica of 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Account<\/h2>\n<p><span><\/span><span>or<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" lang=\"en-US\">The individual, who came into the business with a female, then held a knife to her back and got into a cab, fleeing the scene,\u201d it states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The release goes on to say that, a short time later, police received a call from someone who is believed to have been the female inside the taxi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">The suspect was heard threatening the female and cab driver before exiting the vehicle,\u201d says RPS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Officers tracked down the suspect on the 400 block of Toronto Street, where he was running eastbound with what looked to be a gun, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">After a brief foot pursuit, the male was taken into custody without incident. A search of the area revealed the firearm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The man was scheduled to make his first provincial court appearance Friday afternoon, facing 14 new charges.<\/p>\n<p>Those include kidnapping, mischief, uttering threats, assault, assault with a weapon, various firearms-related charges and breaching a long-term supervision order.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel7479032712764142300451156793491456\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component data-carousel-icon-button data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<ol data-carousel-slide-list tabindex=\"0\">\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"data_source\": \"data_source\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"widget_title\": \"widget_title\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"target_article_title\": \"target_article_title\", \"target_article_id\": \"target_article_id\", \"target_article_position\": \"target_article_position\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"widget-list\", \"data_source\": \"editorial\", \"anchor_text\": \"Police warn public two &#038;#39high risk&#038;#39 sex offenders set to live in Regina\", \"widget_title\": \"read-more\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/news\/crime\/police-warn-two-high-risk-sex-offenders-to-live-in-regina\", \"target_article_title\": \"Police warn public two &#038;#39high risk&#038;#39 sex offenders set to live in Regina\", \"target_article_id\": \"f3bf7add-f82f-4ece-8bdf-fda08ba702f9\", \"target_article_position\": \"0\", \"layout_section\": \"read-more\"}\" data-carousel-item data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/news\/crime\/police-warn-two-high-risk-sex-offenders-to-live-in-regina\"> <picture><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jared Charles. 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