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Wood Buffalo RCMP Staff Sergeant charged with sexual assault

Jun 19, 2018 | 8:01 AM

FORT MCMURRAY- A staff sergeant with the RCMP in northern Alberta has been suspended after being charged with one count of sexual assault.

Two female members of the Wood Buffalo detachment complained that they had been touched inappropriately at an off-site Christmas party.

Staff Sgt. Jason Keays is to appear in Fort McMurray provincial court on July 11.

Mounties say the complaints were reviewed by a general investigative section in Lloydminster and support units in Edmonton.