Crime & Courts

Man sentenced to decade in prison for child exploitation

A man arrested in Red Deer earlier this year following a joint investigation involving the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit (Sask ICE) and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Inter...

Nov 27, 2019

Rocky Mountain House man sentenced for child luring

A Rocky Mountain House man will spend the next year behind bars for child luring.Tyler Cumberland pleaded guilty in September to one count of luring a child. He was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Quee...

Nov 27, 2019

Alberta puts freeze on more photo radar devices as part of 'cash cow' review

EDMONTON - Alberta is putting a freeze on more photo radar while it digs deeper into data to make sure the devices are used for safety and not as a cash cow.Transportation Minister Ric McIver says tha...

Nov 26, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Possible armed robbery call leads to arrest of man wanted on outstanding warrants

A 911 call to Red Deer RCMP about a possible armed robbery at a downtown bank Monday morning led to the arrest of a man wanted on outstanding warrants.According to RCMP, police received the call at 9:...

Nov 26, 2019

Male youth arrested in Red Deer RCMP high-risk arrest

Charges are pending against a 16-year-old male after police executed a high-risk arrest in Red Deer's Eastview Estates neighbourhood on Monday.City Mounties responded to an address on Ellenwood Dr. at...

Nov 26, 2019

Sentencing proceedings begin for former Red Deer Mountie convicted of breach of trust

A Crown prosecutor says a former Red Deer Mountie found guilty of breach of trust brought disgrace upon the RCMP with his actions. Photini Papadathou made the comments in Red Deer Court of Queen's Ben...

Nov 26, 2019 Jason Tress (left) and defence lawyer Robb Beeman are shown leaving the Red Deer Courthouse on Sept. 24, 2019. (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Maskwacis RCMP seek attempted murder suspect

NOV 26 - RCMP are confirming that Kashton Bull has turned himself in to police without incident.An arrest warrant had been issued for the 19-year-old man on a count of attempted murder for an incident...

Nov 25, 2019 Kashton Bull

Partiers destroy house in Sylvan Lake

An investigation is underway after dozens of partiers broke into a home in Sylvan Lake and left behind a trail of destruction.RCMP responded just after 10:30 p.m. to the large house party on Falcon Ri...

Nov 25, 2019 This home on Falcon Ridge Drive in Sylvan Lake was the scene of a destructive party over the weekend. (Google Maps)

Province to double number of articling students to assist Crown prosecutors

CALGARY, AB - The provincial government is planning to double the number of articling students in Alberta starting next year.Speaking with reporters Monday morning, Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer an...

Nov 25, 2019 Doug Schweitzer (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Alberta man charged in death of infant son, assault on another child

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - Police say a 30-year old man has been charged with murder after the death of his baby boy in Fort Saskatchewan.Insp. Mike McCauley, detachment commander of the Fort Saskatch...

Nov 25, 2019