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Wood Buffalo RCMP staff sergeant charged with sex assault

Last Updated Jun 18, 2018 at 6:10 pm MDT

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A staff sergeant with the Wood Buffalo RCMP has been suspended after being charged with one count of sexual assault.

The RCMP says in a release that two female members of the Wood Buffalo detachment complained that they had been touched inappropriately at an off-site Christmas party.

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

A final report was forwarded in May to the Crown, which recommended the one charge.

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

He is to have no contact with the complainant and is not to consume intoxicating substances.