Crime & Courts

Tees-area couple fined $15,000 for animal neglect

A Tees-area couple found guilty of neglecting their livestock so poorly that some of them died has been fined $15,000.Garnet and Joann Schultz, who own a 30-acre plot of land near Tees, were sentenced...

Apr 30, 2019

Blackfalds RCMP seize drugs, firearms & cash

BLACKFALDS- A man and woman face charges after Mounties seized drugs, firearms and cash from a home in Blackfalds. A search warrant was executed on the home on April 26 by the Blackfalds RCMP's Genera...

Apr 30, 2019

Second arrest made in connection to Grandview murder

Police have arrested the second suspect in connection to a homicide in Red Deer's Grandview neighbourhood which happened on March 29.Jennifer Lee Caswell, 37, was arrested April 25 without incident on...

Apr 27, 2019 Jennifer Caswell (right) was arrested by Red Deer RCMP on April 25.

Lacombe police investigating several recent incidents

The Lacombe Police Service is welcoming any information the public may have on several incidents they've responded to this month.On April 1, officers observed an open bay at a gas station in the area ...

Apr 24, 2019

Child's wheelchair stolen in Castor

Mounties are hoping the public can help after someone stole a child's wheelchair in the community of Castor. Police say the wheelchair was stolen sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning fro...

Apr 23, 2019

Drumheller man charged for hoax bomb

A Drumheller man is facing charges after a hoax bomb was discovered in his apartment.Drumheller RCMP and the Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at the apartment dwelling, leading to the...

Apr 23, 2019

Shots fired at O'Chiese First Nation

RCMP in Rocky Mountain House are investigating after shots were fired this morning at a residence on the O'Chiese First Nation.Mounties say the incident happened just before 7 a.m. Two people inside t...

Apr 23, 2019

Sawyer strikes manslaughter plea deal

Daniel Boyd Sawyer is a free man. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty in a Calgary courtroom this week to manslaughter in relation to the stabbing death of a man outside a north Red Deer pub in November 20...

Apr 20, 2019

Red Deer funeral home hit by apparent phone scam

A Red Deer funeral home appears to have been the victim of a phone scam.Eventide Funeral Home's Amber Sieben tells rdnewsNOW that the scam is of the spoofing variety."Scammers are calling outbound tel...

Apr 19, 2019

Suspects caught selling stolen truck in Sylvan Lake

A man and woman face charges after Mounties picked up on the sale a stolen truck last week in Sylvan Lake. The stolen truck was first spotted by Mounties driving near Banff on April 12. Both suspects ...

Apr 18, 2019