Lethbridge Courthouse

By Lara Fominoff

Man charged in connection with Lethbridge carjackings makes brief court appearance

Oct 31, 2019 | 12:36 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The man arrested in connection with a series of crimes that left many Lethbridge citizens on edge for the better part of a week, made a brief court appearance Thursday morning (Oct. 31).

40-year-old Cory Ray Williams has been charged with more than 20 offences including possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, breach of probation, assault with a weapon, kidnapping, flight from police, death threats and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

The charges are in connection with two alleged carjackings, a robbery and an assault that occurred between Oct. 20th and the 23rd.

Lethbridge Police say on Oct. 20, a 41-year-old man reported that he was attacked with a machete in a home along the 2100 block of 5 Ave. N.

That same night, a 55-year-old man parked in the MacDonald’s parking lot along the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive North was carjacked and kidnapped by a man with a machete. The victim was forced to drive to several locations, including a bank and then to the Blood Reserve where he was let out of the vehicle and left by the side of a road.

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On Oct. 22 just after 6 p.m., another carjacking occurred in the 200 block of 27 St. S. In that case, a 61-year-old man was in his vehicle when a man with a sword got into his passenger seat and threatened him. The victim was able to disarm the man; however, another weapon was brandished as the suspect jumped out of the vehicle, found a bike and rode away.

Then Oct. 23 just before 7:30 a.m. Lethbridge Police descended on the Westminster and Wilson Middle School area, after a woman told police she had walked a family member to a bus stop and while walking, a man grabbed her, threw her to the ground and demanded her cell phone. The woman was able to flee with minor injuries.

The same suspect description was given in all the incidents and he was located later in the day on Oct. 23, at a north side home.

Williams has retained a lawyer and is expected to be back in court Nov. 8.