Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

Drayton Valley man accused of $1M cattle fraud
A Drayton Valley man is due in court next week after being accused in a million-dollar case of cattle fraud.The Alberta RCMP Serious Crimes Branch Livestock Investigation Section was called on March 9...
May 14, 2021

Ontario man arrested for sexually assaulting youth he met online
EDMONTON - A cross-Canada investigation between ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit and the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) has led to charges against a St. Catharines, Ont. man, and polic...
May 14, 2021

Trial date set for Ponoka man charged in Wetaskiwin murder
A one-week trial has been scheduled for a Ponoka man charged with first-degree murder in a Wetaskiwin homicide last year.Ryan Jake Applegarth, 28, will stand trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen's Bench...
May 14, 2021

Drayton Valley RCMP Weekly Report: May 6-13
The following is a weekly report shared by the Drayton Valley RCMP Detachment for the week of May 6-13.May 610:01 a.m. - Drayton Valley - 50 Ave - Complainant reporting theft of propane overnight. Sus...
May 14, 2021

Mounties investigate shooting at Ermineskin Cree Nation
Maskwacis RCMP are investigating after a man was dropped off at an area hospital suffering from a gunshot wound early Thursday morning.Mounties say it was at approximately 5:00 a.m. when the man was t...
May 13, 2021

Rocky RCMP Report: May 7-12
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 13, 2021

Two men arrested for 2019 break-ins in Thorsby
After a lengthy investigation conducted by the Thorsby/Breton RCMP, two males have been arrested in relation to several reported break and enters in Thorsby. On October 6, 2019, Thorsby RCMP responded...
May 13, 2021

Man linked to B.C. and Alberta charged after woman's body found in national park
LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - A charge of second-degree murder has been laid against a 41-year-old man following the recent discovery of a woman's body in Kootenay National Park in southeastern B.C.A statement...
May 13, 2021

RCMP investigating possible threat toward officers at Whistle Stop protest
Alberta RCMP say they are looking into the credibility of a potential threat toward officers who attended last weekend's anti-lockdown rally at the Whistle Stop Caf in Mirror. Mounties said in a relea...
May 13, 2021

Significant drug bust in Highland Green
Red Deer RCMP say that a search warrant conducted April 30 in the Highland Green neighbourhood resulted in a large seizure of illegal substances and a weapon.Along with a loaded firearm, ammunition an...
May 12, 2021