Crime & Courts

Trial next year for man accused of stealing $10M from investors

A jury trial will take place next year for a Red Deer man accused of using Ponzi schemes to steal millions of dollars from investors.Joshua James Tenhove, 48, faces charges of laundering the proceeds ...

Sep 21, 2020

Jail time for Sylvan Lake woman who stole over $500,000 from employer

A Sylvan Lake woman who admitted to stealing over half a million dollars from her employer will spend the next couple of years behind bars.Laurie May Watts, 56, pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 aft...

Sep 21, 2020

Attempted murder charge dropped in downtown machete attack

Qt's 60 days in jail satisfied by time served for a man from the O'Chiese First Nation charged in an alleged machete attack in downtown Red Deer last year while out on bail for a homicide case.Quentin...

Sep 21, 2020

RCMP investigating suspicious incident near Central Middle School

Officials with Red Deer's Central Middle School are sending out a safety message to parents following a suspicious incident near the school this week.In a letter to parents on Thursday, Principal Darr...

Sep 18, 2020

Drug house in north Red Deer shuttered for 90 days

Alberta Sheriffs have closed a property in the Pines neighbourhood in Red Deer that police say was a haven for ongoing drug activity.The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit obtained a cou...

Sep 18, 2020

Rocky RCMP Report Sept. 11-16

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 18, 2020

Man sentenced to seven years in prison for 2017 death of Alberta gas station owner

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the gas-and-dash death of an Alberta gas station owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison.Mitchell Robert Sydlowski, 29, appeared Friday by video l...

Sep 18, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP report: September 10 - September 17

September 108:38 am - Drayton Valley - 46 Street - Report of an unknown male yelling at the complainant who is working at the location. Patrols made, the male had already left.8:51 am - Brazeau County...

Sep 18, 2020

Sentencing delayed again in Sunchild First Nation stabbing death

Sentencing has been delayed by at least four more months for a woman who admitted to fatally stabbing another woman at the Sunchild First Nation. Chelsey Lagrelle, 24, was to be sentenced in Red Deer ...

Sep 17, 2020

Red Deer pair charged for using fake U.S. cash in southern Alberta

Police in southern Alberta say they have arrested two people from Red Deer after counterfeit U.S. currency was used in multiple small towns.Nanton RCMP say they were made aware of the fake money being...

Sep 17, 2020