Crime & Courts

Guilty verdict in fatal crash east of Red Deer

A young man charged in a crash east of Red Deer three years ago that killed two teens and injured two others has been found guilty.Friday afternoon in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench, Justice Bill Hop...

Apr 12, 2019

Former Red Deer teacher facing additional child sex-related offences

A former Red Deer teacher accused of child sex-related offences is now facing 21 new charges.Norman Joseph Howes, 61, now faces 26 counts. Some of the offences are alleged to have taken place over a 1...

Apr 10, 2019

Alberta Mounties seek man wanted on multiple warrants

April 11 - Alberta RCMP's Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit would like to advise the public that Mitchell Jordan Koteles has been arrested and is now in police --- Alberta RCMP's Southern...

Apr 09, 2019 Mitchell Koteles

Search continues for Grandview murder suspects

City Mounties continue to search for two suspects in relation to a homicide in the Grandview neighbourhood a week ago. Joseph Gallant, 45, from Prince Edward Island was fatally injured last Friday at ...

Apr 05, 2019 Quentin Strawberry was arrested in June 2017 following an eight hour standoff with police at a south Red Deer apartment building. (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Red Deer County woman charged with killing husband to face preliminary inquiry

A preliminary inquiry will take place this fall for a Red Deer County woman accused of killing her husband.Robin Berresford, 36, has been charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 27 death of Matth...

Apr 05, 2019

Vehicle crashes into cellphone store

A south Red Deer business is cleaning up after being driven into around 5 a.m on the morning of Friday, April 5.RCMP were on scene at the Bell store at Southpointe Common. The front entrance to the bu...

Apr 05, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Man charged in 'armed and barricaded' incident

UPDATE (2:30 p.m. - April 8)Charges have been laid against the man arrested by RCMP in a stand-off last Thursday night.The incident took place at the man's residence on Galbraith Street in the Glendal...

Apr 04, 2019 RCMP responded Thursday afternoon to a home on Galbraith Street where they say a man was armed and barricaded. (Contributed)

$100,000 boat and trailer stolen from Gull Lake

Rimbey RCMP are looking for public assistance in locating a stolen boat that was stolen sometime between February 15 - 23 from a rural property near Gull Lake.The boat is described as black with red t...

Apr 04, 2019

"F*** NDP" scratched into Red Deer family's car

Election-related vandalism has hit a new low in Red Deer.Kerstin and Dirk Heuer stepped out from their home in Sunnybrook Wednesday morning to find one of their vehicles was vandalized overnight.Both ...

Apr 03, 2019 The words "F*** NDP" were scratched into a Red Deer family's car sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Mounties investigate shooting in east Red Deer

Red Deer RCMP are investigating a shooting that took place in the city's east side Tuesday night. At approximately 9:45 p.m., City Mounties responded to a call of a possible shooting on Lawford Avenue...

Apr 03, 2019 Submitted: Margaret Westby