Mounties ask public for help after elderly man assaulted in Debden

RCMP officers are asking the public for help locating the suspect in an assault case.

According to police, an elderly man was returning to a parked vehicle in Debden on Friday afternoon when he saw a person going through it.

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“The victim confronted the suspect, who then assaulted the victim before fleeing in a truck,” the RCMP said. “The victim reported non-life-threatening injuries to police.”

The suspect took off in a dark-coloured GMC truck, the RCMP said. He was described as a man in his 20s or 30s, standing approximately five-foot-eight, wearing a white shirt and backwards baseball cap.

Anyone with information that could help the investigation was urged to contact the Big River RCMP detachment or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers.