Crime & Courts

Police recover $16,000 stolen custom-made bike

LETHBRIDGE -- Police have released no details about how they were able to recover an expensive stolen bicycle. However, the owner will be relieved.LPS issued a statement indicating that on Saturday (N...

Nov 09, 2019 Stolen $16,000 road bike located -- LPS provided photo

Trial date set for man charged with breaking into Lethbridge businesses

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 55-year-old Lethbridge man has pleaded not guilty to five counts of shopbreaking and theft, in relation to a series of incidents last spring. Larry Brent Ovens appeared in Lethbridg...

Nov 07, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Province says criminals will no longer be able to sue homeowners

WETASKIWIN - As Provincial Ministers announced plans to tackle rural crime, there was also information about changes to prevent homeowners from being sued if they injure people committing crimes on th...

Nov 06, 2019 Ministers Jason Nixon, Rick Wilson and Doug Schweitzer announced further steps to combat rural crime Wednesday – Govt of Alberta

Explicit Language: Alleged victim in sex assault trial testifies to abuse suffered at the age of eight

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 41-year-old woman took the stand during a sex assault trial in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Tuesday, to describe how the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of a Ray...

Justin Goulet Nov 05, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency workers active in our area - Forewarned

LETHBRIDGE -- Both the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in Lethbridge and city police have received numerous complaints over the past several days from people reporting scams.Police report a caller will id...

Nov 05, 2019 Lethbridge Police Station -- LNN

Province to double funding for drug treatment courts

EDMONTON - The UCP is doubling its funding for drug treatment courts so as to expand the alternative justice program across the province.Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer says the government is putting...

Nov 02, 2019 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, and Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, with organizational partners, participants and graduates of Alberta’s drug treatment courts, announced $20 million more to expand drug treatment courts

Saskatchewan court dismisses school shooter's appeal of sentence

Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community.The shooter was weeks shy of turning 18 when...

Oct 31, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

No jail time for Lethbridge woman in extensive fraud, forgery and stolen identity case

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 36-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to 12 offences was handed an 18-month Conditional Sentence Order in Lethbridge Provincial Court Wednesday (Oct.30). Back in August, Kristina Luc...

Oct 30, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Warrant issued for man wanted in connection with weapons incident

LETHBRIDGE - UPDATE (3:08 pm): Sgt. Bruce Hagel has confirmed that Krahn was arrested Wednesday afternoon. A weapon was seized from him, which is believed to be the one used in the incident.Krahn is i...

Oct 30, 2019 Warrant issued for David Guenther Krahn

Police Commission to investigate cost of additional officers

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted unanimously to request the Lethbridge Police Commission investigate, research and identify the costs of adding eight new police officers; two to ever...

Oct 28, 2019 Lethbridge Police Station