North Battleford RCMP have laid 64 charges against three people in connection to a Landis bank robbery that took place November 22 last year, as well as a string of ATM thefts, and attempted thefts, that took place across South and Central Saskatchewan between November 22 and New Year’s Day.
RCMP executed a search warrant on February 5th at a home in Biggar where officers seized items believed to be connected to the ATM occurrences and Landis bank robbery. Thirty-six-year-old Sheena Benoit and 33-year-old Joshua Meszaros were arrested at the time of the search.
Benoit faces 16 charges, Meszaros faces 24 charges and 48-year-old Jeremy Seery of Rosetown who was arrested last Wednesday faces two dozen charges.
Sgt. Adam Buckingham, Officer in Charge, North Battleford Provincial GIS says, “Complex investigations like this involve extensive resources and large-scale coordination across multiple detachment areas.”
RCMP say their Provincial GIS’ investigation included widespread coordination across detachments, police units and Crime Stoppers, to connect incidents reported in Dodsland, Rosetown, Gull Lake, Lemberg, Wolseley, Craven, Neilburg, Marshall, Battleford, Purdue, and Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man First Nation
Sheena Benoit (AKA: Sheena Harrabek) faces 16 charges including:
- three counts, break and enter and commit an offence, Section 348(1)(b), Criminal Code;
- one count, theft over $5000, Section 334(a), Criminal Code;
- six counts, theft under $5000, Section 334(b), Criminal Code;
- six counts, mischief damage to property of a value over $5000, Section 430(3), Criminal Code.
Joshua Meszaros faces 24 charges including:
- three counts, break and enter and commit an offence, Section 348(1)(b), Criminal Code;
- one count, break and enter with intent to commit an offence, Section 348(1)(a), Criminal Code;
- seven counts, disguised with intent to commit an offence, Section 351(2), Criminal Code;
- one count, theft over $5000, Section 334(a), Criminal Code;
- six counts, theft under $5000, Section 334(b), Criminal Code;
- five counts, mischief/damage to property of a value over $5000, Section 430(3), Criminal Code;
- one count, mischief/damage to property of a value under $5000, Section 430(4), Criminal Code.
48-year-old Jeremy Seery of Rosetown faces 24 charges including:
- one count, break and enter and commit an offence, Section 348(1)(b), Criminal Code;
- two counts, break and enter with intent to commit an offence, Section 348(1)(a);
- one count, robbery with other offensive weapon, Section 344, Criminal Code;
- seven counts, disguised with intent to commit an offence, Section 351(2), Criminal Code;
- one count, theft over $5000, Section 334(a), Criminal Code;
- six counts, theft under $5000, Section 334(b), Criminal Code;
- six counts, mischief/damage to property of a value over $5000, Section 430(3), Criminal Code.
Joshua Meszaros and Sheena Benoit are scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on April 7, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Jeremy Seery is scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on April 14, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.
