Schools locked down after alert
Edmonton sex offender sighted in Saskatchewan
KINDERSLEY, SASK. — Schools in several west-central Saskatchewan communities locked their doors and kept children inside Thursday after a warning about a potentially violent high-risk sex offender.
RCMP in Kindersley said there had been two unconfirmed sightings of a vehicle connected to Michael Sean Stanley. There were also reports that Stanley may have been seen on foot in the Kindersley area Thursday afternoon.
“The RCMP have advised that all three Kindersley schools, Rossville School in Coleville, Eston Composite School, Westcliffe Composite School in Marengo, Eaton School in Eatonia and Northwest Central School in Plenty go into lockdown procedures,” said Sun West School Division spokeswoman Roxan Foursha.
“RCMP have advised that we will be on alert like this for at least the next 24 hours unless that person is apprehended. They’ll let us know.”
Mounties said there was also a possible sighting of Stanley in Rosetown, just east of Kindersley.
An elementary school in Rosetown put protection measures in place too.
Stanley has a long history of sex offences, including taking children from playgrounds.
The Edmonton man’s electronic monitoring bracelet was found Tuesday on the roof of a business in Lloydminster — it had been cut off.
Foursha said school buses would not be running after school Thursday.
“RCMP advise that parents must come to the school and pick up their children and pick up only their own children,” she said.
Foursha could not say how many students were affected. Four of the schools have students from kindergarten to Grade 12, but even those older students need to be picked up by parents, she said.
Students were still allowed to move around within the schools.
Public schools in Lloydminster, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, locked their doors and kept children inside Wednesday amid concerns that Stanley may have been in the area.
The Lloydminster Public School Division lifted those restrictions Thursday morning after the RCMP said it’s very likely that Stanley was no longer in the city.