Crime & Courts

Mounties seize stolen truck, meth in Ponoka

A police patrol of a "hot spot" crime area in Ponoka led to the seizure of methamphetamine and a stolen truck, along with four people being charged. On November 1, a Ponoka RCMP member located a stole...

Nov 05, 2019

Patrons take down man with gun who tried robbing Blackfalds Motor Inn

A 27-year-old man from Red Deer remains in custody after he tried to rob the Blackfalds Motor Inn at gunpoint on Halloween night.It was at 12:42 a.m. on Nov. 1 when RCMP responded to a 911 call that a...

Nov 05, 2019

Man charged in Sunchild First Nation homicide to stand trial

A man accused of killing another man at the Sunchild First Nation is going to trial.On Nov. 9, 2018, Rocky Mountain House RCMP members responded to a report of an altercation at a gas station at the S...

Nov 05, 2019

Lacombe police survey nets positive results

The results of a recent survey conducted by the Lacombe Police Service show residents are largely satisfied with the work being done by the detachment.The community survey, launched this past spring, ...

Nov 05, 2019 Lacombe Police Chief Lorne Blumhagen

Sylvan Lake man charged in alleged $2.6M fraud case frustrated with length of court process

A Sylvan Lake man charged in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case expressed his frustration in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Monday about the length of time it's taking for his matter to be resolve...

Nov 05, 2019 Dane Skinner of Sylvan Lake stands accused in a $2.6 million fraud case involving a reported 'revolutionary fracking product.' (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Dozens attend first public meeting on community safety

Dozens of Red Deerians took another step on Monday towards becoming more in sync with city hall when it comes to community safety.The City of Red Deer held its first of six public meetings designed to...

Nov 04, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

RCMP looking for wanted Red Deer man

UPDATE (Nov. 14) - RCMP advise that Shaw was recently located and arrested without incident.--- Red Deer RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a man accused of fraudulently selling a motorcyc...

Nov 04, 2019 Chance Shaw, 28, of Red Deer, is wanted by RCMP.

Five charged in connection with alleged drug trafficking in Medicine Hat, Brooks

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team have arrested five people in Brooks and Medicine Hat connection with an alleged drug trafficking network in southeastern Alberta.Police sei...

Nov 04, 2019

Stay of proceedings declared in alleged fraud case

A stay of proceedings was declared in Red Deer provincial court on Monday for an Innisfail woman accused of stealing more than $54,000 from her employer over the course of two years.Pamela Bernard, 38...

Nov 04, 2019 Maurice Collard, defence lawyer

Trial ordered for Red Deer County woman accused of killing husband

A Red Deer County woman accused of killing her husband has been ordered to stand trial.A preliminary hearing was held in Red Deer last week for 37-year-old Robin Berresford, who is charged the death o...

Nov 04, 2019