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The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed that a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested.
Joseph Curtis Madden, 26, was arrested at a residence in the 1300 Block of Main Street in Saskatoon on Friday evening.
Madden is facing a charge of second degree murder in the death earlier this month of Madison Rene Bird-Simaganis.
The Prince Albert Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) and the Prince Albert Police Integrated Crime Reduction Team (ICRT) partnered on this investigation.
In their media release Saturday night, the Prince Albert Police Service acknowledged and thanked their agency partners for their significant efforts assisting with the file, including the Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatoon detachment of the RCMP.
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An arrest has been made in Prince Albert’s first homicide of the year.
Prince Albert Police Service confirm that Joseph Curtis Madden wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was arrested in Saskatoon over the weekend.
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Madden, 26, will make his first appearance in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Monday. He is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Madison Rene Bird-Simaganis.
Madden was arrested at a residence in the 1300 block of Main Street in Saskatoon’s Varsity View neighbourhood on Friday evening.
Fox is accused of stabbing a 21-year-old man at a business in Prince Albert. Police say they were called to a business in the 3200 block of 2nd Avenue West at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2020. STARS took the victim to a Saskatoon hospital with life-threatening injuries. Prince Albert Police say that Fox hitchhiked to Prince Albert from North Battleford earlier on the evening of Oct. 14. The charges against Fox haven’t been proven in court. Fox’s trial is scheduled to start in Prince Albert Provincial Court on May 20.