On March 7, 2014, just after 7am, Lynn Lake RCMP responded to a house fire at a residence in Lynn Lake, Manitoba.
The local fire department attended and extinguished the fire. RCMP report no injuries in this incident and that the cause of the fire was suspicious.
Shortly after 1 pm, RCMP officers from the Lynn Lake Detachment and the Leaf Rapids Detachment arrested Deryle Richard Johnson, 39, of Brochet, Manitoba. Johnson was charged him with arson to property, uttering threats, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer with a weapon and failing to comply with a probation order.
Police say that Deryle Johnson was also wanted on previous warrants. In total, Johnson is facing 27 charges related to three separate incidents. He will appear in Thompson Provincial Court on March 10, 2014.
The Office of the Fire Commissioner is assisting with the ongoing investigation.
