Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Alleged vehicle thieves from Red Deer arrested following police chase near Drumheller
Two alleged vehicle thieves from Red Deer were arrested last week after leading Mounties on a chase in the Drumheller area. It was on Thursday when Mounties were notified about a vehicle that had just...
Nov 25, 2019
Police execute search warrant Wednesday in Inglewood, one arrested
A man was arrested during a police incident in Red Deer's Inglewood neighbourhood on Wednesday. Police surrounded a home located on Ivany Close at around noon and remained there until the early evenin...
Nov 21, 2019 A man was arrested after police executed a search warrant Wednesday in Inglewood. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Red Deer man arrested following high-speed chase in Edmonton
A Red Deer man faces charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Edmonton.On November 18 at approximately 10:20 p.m., Leduc RCMP stopped a vehicle for a traffic offence on Highway 2 nea...
Nov 20, 2019
Red Deer murder suspect granted bail
One of two people charged in the stabbing death of a Prince Edward Island man in Red Deer last spring has been granted bail.Quentin Lee Strawberry, 38, was granted bail in Red Deer Provincial Court on...
Nov 19, 2019 Quentin Strawberry (Red Deer RCMP)
Red Deer 10th among Canada's Most Dangerous Places
There's still a long way to go, but lower crime rates have helped Red Deer rank lower on Maclean's magazine's annual list of "Canada's Most Dangerous Places."Our city had Canada's tenth-highest Crime ...
Nov 19, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Mounties investigating police shot fired in Kentwood
An internal investigation is underway after a Red Deer RCMP officer's firearm was discharged last week during a pursuit. No one was injured in the incident that happened in Kentwood just after 2:30 a....
Nov 18, 2019
Suspect in Red Deer kidnapping to stand trial
A man accused of kidnapping a woman in Red Deer last year is going to trial. It was shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 when Red Deer RCMP responded to a gas station on 39 Street near...
Nov 16, 2019
City wraps up public meetings on crime
Dozens of Red Deerians gathered at the Radisson Hotel on Friday to offer their solutions towards addressing the city's top priority. The City of Red Deer's sixth and final crime and community safety m...
Nov 15, 2019 About 50 people attended Friday's crime and community safety meeting at the Radisson (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Innisfail man arrested following standoff on Wednesday
An Innisfail man has been charged following an incident on Wednesday that involved a standoff with police. While doing targeted patrols, Innisfail Mounties observed a van that was confirmed stolen fro...
Nov 15, 2019 (Photo: RCMP)
ALERT makes record drug seizure through Project Coyote
CALGARY - An international investigation involving ALERT and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has intercepted record amounts of cocaine and fentanyl.Project Coyote was a two-year ALERT Calgary...
Nov 14, 2019 (Photo: ALERT)