Two more Prince George men charged : My Prince George Now

Updated Story at 1:45 PM

A familiar name to police was one of two people charged by the Prince George RCMP today (Friday) after a search warrant on the 400-block of South Lyon Street.

21-year-old Thomas Joshua Toman and 28-year-old Jamie Wade Fatum have been charged.

Fatum was taken into custody in May after a traffic stop on Austin Road and he was also handed three gun-related offenses in May of 2016 following an incident on 17th Avenue and Upland Street.

RCMP Superintendent Shaun Wright spoke with MyPGNow.com.

“Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a spike in a violent incidents and we’ve put a lot of attention and directed enforcement action towards those groups. We have made significant inroads and I think we will see things return to a normal state here.”

“We focused our efforts on the individuals involved and over the last week we have put a concerted effort towards the activities of the two rival groups and resulted in this search warrant as well as another last night (Thursday) in regards to drug trafficking.”

Five shootings and fire were tied to a conflict with a pair of rival groups with connections to the drug trade.

Both men are facing a number of charges, including 2 counts of careless storage of a firearm and 2 counts of possession of a firearm without a license.

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Original Story at 11:55 AM

Prince George RCMP executed a Criminal Code search warrant at an address on the 400-block of South Lyon Street early Wednesday morning.

With help from the North District RCMP Emergency Response Team, two Prince George men are now facing charges as a result of this enforcement, 21-year-old Thomas Joshua Toman and 28-year-old Jamie Wade Fatum.

Toman is being charged with 2 counts of careless storage of a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without authorization and three counts of failure to comply with an undertaking.

Fatum is also charged with 2 counts of careless storage of a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without authorization, possession of a firearm while prohibited and 3 counts of failure to comply with probation.

Both men will appear in court on Wednesday, September 30th.

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