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August trial booked for man charged in Creep Catchers incident

May 26, 2017 | 12:39 PM

Trial will take place in August for a man charged in relation to a Creep Catchers incident in Lacombe.

Karl Young has pleaded not guilty to charges of mischief and criminal harassment for the incident that took place last November.

Lacombe police say Young, who is 37 and also goes by the name Carl Murphy, targeted another individual online using vigilante-type tactics and lured him into meeting without justification or facts.

Police say a video of the encounter was then posted on the Red Deer Creep Catchers Facebook page in which false allegations were made against the individual.