Crime & Courts

Strawberry to stand trial for 2019 homicide

Trial has been ordered for one of two people charged in a Red Deer homicide last year.A preliminary hearing wrapped up in a Red Deer courtroom on Friday for Quentin Lee Strawberry. It was determined t...

Jun 01, 2020

Minnesota officer charged with murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Frid...

May 29, 2020

Rocky RCMP report: May 21-28

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...

May 29, 2020

Drayton Valley RCMP report: May 21 - May 28

May 219:33 am - Drayton Valley - 51 Avenue - 911 hang up, static on line. Member attended, no emergency.10:15 am - Drayton Valley - 45 Avenue - Complainant calling to report a break and enter to their...

May 28, 2020

Two men charged in 2019 Grande Prairie homicide, one at large

Alberta RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating one of two men charged with first degree murder in relation to the death of a 28-year-old man in Grande Prairie last October. Two arrest...

May 28, 2020

Man arrested twice in two days in Buck Lake now under house arrest

A man who was arrested in the Buck Lake area twice in two days last week is now under house arrest.On May 22, the Central Alberta Crime Reduction Unit was in the Buck Lake area when they located a veh...

May 28, 2020

Central Alberta man sentenced to life for murdering wife

WARNING: This story contains graphic detailsWETASKIWIN- A life sentence with no chance of parole for 17-years has been given to a Galahad area man for the murder of his wife.Brett Thomas Fenton, 31, w...

May 28, 2020

Sylvan Lake man accused of child luring

Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged a 38-year-old male with luring a child following a complaint received on May 19 of an adult male texting a teenage female."The RCMP launched an investigation and determin...

May 27, 2020

Crime up in Lacombe in 2019: report

Overall crime was up in 2019 in the city of Lacombe. The Lacombe Police Commission and Lacombe Police Service (LPS) 2019 Annual Report was presented to city council on Monday. In 2019, Lacombe police ...

May 26, 2020

Four arrested in central Alberta drug trafficking operation

Four people have been arrested and are facing multiple charges after the Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (CADCRU) broke up a drug trafficking operation in Breton.Since August 2019, the C...

May 26, 2020