Crime & Courts

Two wanted after drugs, stolen property seized in Three Hills

Police say warrants have been issued for two suspected drug dealers after ALERT seized drugs, a firearm, and stolen property from a home in Three Hills.Victor Foley, 34-year-old man, and Jamie Ryan, a...

Mar 03, 2020

Clearwater Community Crime Watch holds AGM in Leslieville

Frustrations over rural crime continue to be evident among local residents.The Clearwater Community Crime Watch held their annual general meeting at the Leslieville Community Hall on Tuesday, March 3....

Mar 03, 2020 MP Blaine Calkins speaks to attendees at the Clearwater Community Crime Watch Annual General Meeting in Leslieville.

Rocky RCMP Report: Feb 17-27

The following 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 b...

Mar 03, 2020

Ceremony to mark 15 years since Mayerthorpe Tragedy

EDMONTON- Today marks the 15th anniversary of the murders of four RCMP officers on a farm north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe.Constables Peter Schiemann, Brock Myrol, and Leo Johnsto...

Mar 03, 2020 Fallen Four Memorial (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Lethbridge getting drug treatment court & four additional ALERT officers

LETHBRIDGE- Members of the provincial government were in Lethbridge Monday for a pair of announcements that are said to impact drug-related crime.The first is a drug treatment court.Justice Minister D...

Mar 03, 2020 Officials announce Lethbridge's new drug treatment court and ALERT expansion. (Lethbridge News Now)

Suspects in March 2019 murder in Grandview to be tried separately

Two people charged in a Red Deer homicide last year will now have their charges dealt with separately.On Feb. 28, a preliminary hearing was to take place in Red Deer provincial court for both Quentin ...

Mar 02, 2020 Quentin Lee Strawberry (Left) and Jennifer Lee Caswell (Right) each face second degree murder and assault causing bodily harm charges in the death of 45-year-old Joseph Alfred Gallant on Mar. 29, 2019 in Red Deer's Grandview neighbourhood.

Police warn against vigilantism following altercation in Ponoka

The police investigation continues into a large altercation that took place in Ponoka earlier this week.Ponoka RCMP say the incident happened in the early morning hours of February 22 in the 4800 bloc...

Feb 29, 2020

False threat in downtown Red Deer leads to charges

Charges have been laid against a Calgary man following an incident in downtown Red Deer on Tuesday that resulted in a heavy police presence around the Millennium Centre. Mounties say 38-year-old David...

Feb 28, 2020 A heavy police presence was seen in downtown Red Deer Tuesday afternoon after RCMP received word of a possible threat to a business inside the Millenium Centre.

Preliminary inquiry to be held for pair charged in fatal Lacombe shooting

A preliminary inquiry will take place for two people charged in a fatal shooting in Lacombe last December that claimed the life of a young man from Ponoka.Tyler John Campbell, 27, and Amie Joanne Roge...

Feb 28, 2020

Seven arrested, drugs and weapons seized by Mounties in Red Deer

RCMP say charges are pending after seven people were arrested following search warrants at multiple locations in Red Deer on Thursday.The warrants were executed by Red Deer RCMP, along with the assist...

Feb 28, 2020