Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

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

No risk to public as Mounties investigate incidents at Nova Chemicals Joffre Plant, Calgary office
UPDATE (10:15 p.m. Friday)RCMP say they have concluded their initial response to the threat received regarding the Nova Chemicals plant in Joffre.They have determined that there is no safety risk to t...
Mar 30, 2019

Alberta RCMP urges parents to be aware of online trends
Edmonton - Alberta RCMP want to remind parents to be aware of their children's online activity, as there are new trends and viral videos emerging at all times.For example, there have been allegations ...
Mar 29, 2019

Suspects identified in Red Deer homicide
UPDATE (10:30 a.m. - March 31)RCMP Major Crimes North have laid charges against two people in connection to the death of a man at a home in Grandview on Friday.Quentin Lee Strawberry and Jennifer Lee ...
Mar 29, 2019 Quentin Strawberry (left) and Jennifer Caswell. (RCMP)

Red Deer stabbing trial hears closing arguments
A Red Deer man charged in an Oriole Park stabbing incident will learn his fate this May following the conclusion of his two-day judge-alone trial in Court of Queen's Bench on Friday.Justice Marilyn D....
Mar 29, 2019

Eckville man facing child porn charges seeks lawyer
An Eckville man facing dozens of child porn-related charges is seeking a new lawyer. Th 35-year-old man made a brief court appearance by Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) from the Edmonton Remand Centr...
Mar 29, 2019