Crime & Courts

Preliminary hearing for Innisfail man charged with manslaughter

An Innisfail man charged with manslaughter for a death that occurred earlier this year will face a preliminary hearing. Malcolm Nathaniel Bourgeois, 41, pleaded not guilty on Sept. 12 in Red Deer prov...

Andrew Snook Sep 24, 2019

Red Deer Mountie guilty of breach of trust

A Red Deer RCMP officer has been found not guilty of sexual assault with a weapon, but guilty of breach of trust for his actions during an incident over three years ago.The charges against Cst. Jason ...

Sep 24, 2019 Suspended Red Deer RCMP Constable Jason Tress (left) leaves the Red Deer Court House with defence lawyer Robb Beeman (right) on Tuesday after being found not guilty of sexual assault with a weapon, but guilty of breach of trust charges regarding an on-duty incident in Red Deer on May, 1, 2016.

Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...

Sep 24, 2019

Local crime discussed in Rocky

Rocky Mountain House RCMP have recently held an information session for the community to discuss local crime issues. Cpl. Dru Abernethy led the session with stats that compared Rocky's crime from last...

Sep 24, 2019

Rocky RCMP Report: Sept 12- 19

This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House (RMH) RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the...

Sep 20, 2019

UCP must back down from cut-a-cop funding formula: Notley

From the sound of it, Premier Jason Kenney's cut-a-cop approach to trimming the provincial budget isn't going over well in rural Alberta."It's a money grab," says Brooks Councillor Bill Prentice."This...

Sep 20, 2019

Three charged in largest fentanyl bust in Red Deer history

Red Deer RCMP say they have made the largest fentanyl bust in the city's history. Three people face a total of 22 criminal charges after search warrants were executed at three Red Deer properties betw...

Sep 20, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Not guilty: David and Collet Stephan acquitted of failing to provide the necessaries of life

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Cheers immediately erupted in the Lethbridge Courtroom where Justice Terry D. Clackson took less than five minutes to find David and Collet Stephan both not guilty of failing to provi...

Sep 19, 2019 David Stephan hugs lawyer Ingrid Hess outside of the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Bicyclist killed on QEII Highway, impaired charges laid

An Edmonton man faces charges after a bicyclist was hit and killed on the QEII Highway near Red Deer last weekend. Blackfalds RCMP say it was at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 when the...

Sep 18, 2019

Sylvan Lake man accused of killing wife appears in court

A Sylvan Lake man charged with murdering his wife appeared in a Red Deer courtroom Wednesday morning. Satnam Singh Sandhu, 41, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kulvinder Sandhu, wh...

Sep 18, 2019