Crime & Courts

Nearly $290K in contraband seizure at Bowden Institution

INNISFAIL- More than a quarter million dollars in contraband has been seized at Bowden Institution. On December 7, correctional officers in the medium security unit at the prison intercepted an inmate...

Dec 18, 2019

Rural Alberta plagued by post office thefts

Several communities across central Alberta have had their Canada Post office broken into this month. The list of communities that have been hit so far includes: - Delburne on Dec. 2- Sangudo and Wabam...

Dec 17, 2019 Clive post office (Google Maps)

Alberta man charged in abduction of three children fails to show up in court

GRANDE PRAIRIE - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged following an Amber Alert involving three children earlier this year that ended with them being located near Sylvan Lake.D'artangan ...

Dec 17, 2019

Man injured during RCMP officer-involved shooting west of Red Deer: ASIRT

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the province's police watchdog, continues to investigate after an RCMP officer fired a shot that injured a man during an altercation last week west ...

Dec 17, 2019

Stettler restaurant robbed at gunpoint

Mounties in Stettler are investigating after a restaurant in the town was robbed by a man carrying what appeared to be a firearm. The incident happened on Dec. 12 at around 4:30 p.m.Police say a lone ...

Dec 16, 2019 (Stettler RCMP)

Man and woman charged for drug trafficking in Ponoka

An investigation police say spanned several months saw the Ponoka RCMP General Investigation Section, with assistance from Red Deer ALERT, lay drug trafficking charges against two adults.From October ...

Dec 16, 2019

Guilty plea in 2018 death at Sunchild First Nation

A woman from the Sunchild First Nation has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection to the death of another woman a year ago. Chelsey Lagrelle, 24, entered her plea Monday morning in Red Deer prov...

Dec 16, 2019

Dangerous offender status sought for Eckville man who sexually abused children

Disturbing details were heard in Red Deer provincial court Friday afternoon of the sexual crimes an Eckville man committed involving children. Among the victims of those crimes were the man's daughter...

Dec 13, 2019

Officer-involved shooting west of Red Deer, three men arrested

Alberta's police watchdog will be investigating an officer-involved shooting incident that took place Friday morning west of Red Deer. Blackfalds RCMP responded at about 5:30 a.m. to a report of a sin...

Dec 13, 2019

Rocky RCMP Report Dec. 5- 12

This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the dates...

Dec 13, 2019