Two children located safe after Saskatchewan Amber Alert extended to U.S.
Posted August 10, 2022 5:17 am.
Last Updated August 10, 2022 8:37 am.
The two children who were subject to an Amber Alert that extended into the U.S. have been located safe in South Dakota.
The Turner County Sheriff’s Office in South Dakota says the children and a suspect have been found. The Amber Alert has been cancelled and police are advising further updates will be provided once they become available.
An Amber Alert was issued for the seven-year-old and eight-year-old siblings on Monday. The alert was extended to the U.S. when RCMP said the two children, along with their mother, were believed to be in the state with 50-year-old Benjamin Martin Moore.
RCMP Chief Supt. Tyler Bates said police were very concerned for the well-being of the children, and felt they could be in danger. Bates says Moore has a history of sexual offences against children and was previously convicted of sexual interference with a minor.
He was being investigated by social services when he left with the children and their mother.
An arrest warrant was issued for Moore, who now faces a charge of failing to report information within seven days of changing his address, which is required for convicted sex offenders.
Court records show Moore was convicted in 2009 for sexual interference of a minor. He was sentenced in Regina provincial court to two years and two months in prison.
Records also say he served another three months in jail in 2011 after he was convicted of breaching a recognizance order.
