Ryan Jake Applegarth (Alberta RCMP)

By Sheldon Spackman

Next Year

Trial date set for Ponoka man charged in Wetaskiwin murder

May 14, 2021 | 9:27 AM

A one-week trial has been scheduled for a Ponoka man charged with first-degree murder in a Wetaskiwin homicide last year.

Ryan Jake Applegarth, 28, will stand trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench from Feb. 14-18, 2022.

Applegarth is charged in the death of a 34-year-old man found deceased at a Wetaskiwin residence on Jan. 3, 2020.

Applegarth is also scheduled for a preliminary hearing later this year in relation to the death of a woman in Ponoka last year. The hearing scheduled for Nov. 2-3, 2021, will determine if the matter has enough evidence to go to trial.

Applegarth is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Chantelle Firingstoney who was found dead at a residential complex in Ponoka on Nov. 5, 2020.

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