Crime & Courts

Lethbridge Police "calls for service" statistics don't tell the whole story according to SCS Executive Director and Mayor

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The information released by Lethbridge Police at the Wednesday evening Police Commission Meeting is not necessarily a complete picture of what's going on, according to SCS Executive D...

Sep 26, 2019 Supervised Consumption Site

“Significant increase” in calls for service at SCS and surrounding area strain LPS resources

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *UPDATED* In the first year of its operation, according to new numbers released by Lethbridge Police at Wednesday's Police Commission meeting, calls for service at the city's Supervis...

Andrew Snook Sep 25, 2019 Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site

Lethbridge man charged in Amber Alert abduction case

RED DEER -- Two people charged after three children abducted from Fox Creek were found near Sylvan Lake earlier this year will stand trial. Fox Creek RCMP were called around 1:30 a.m. on June 1 after ...

Sep 25, 2019 Court gavel

Residential and commercial B&Es combined up 22 per cent over 2018: Lethbridge Police Service

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There have been an average of 78 break and enters per month in Lethbridge between January and July of this year, mainly in the London Road, Westminster and Downtown residential neighb...

Sep 24, 2019 North Lethbridge Neighborhood where citizens encourage residents to report crime and suspicious activities

Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...

Sep 24, 2019

29-year-old Lethbridge man charged with passing counterfeit $100 bills

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbrige Police have charged a local man with five counts of uttering counterfeit currency, possession of counterfeit currency, breach of an undertaking and possession of a controlle...

Sep 23, 2019 Lethbridge Police

Blunt force trauma cause of Kenrick First Rider's death CAUTION: Story Contains Graphic Details

LETHBRIDGE, AB - 45-year-old Kenrick First Rider died of blunt force trauma after receiving "at least" 15 blows to the face and body, according to a former Alberta Medical Examiner. Dr. Allison Edgeco...

Sep 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

WWE’s ‘Sassy Southern Belle’ has run-in with Mountie near Edmonton

EDMONTON -- UPDATE (Mon, Sept. 23): Alberta RCMP have issued the following statement on the traffic stop and social media video.Officials say the initial traffic stop and speeding ticket were legitima...

Sep 22, 2019 Screenshot of RCMP officer issuing ticket

Southern Alberta man tries to enter U.S. with loaded gun and drugs

CARDSTON -- It's a case that usually operates in reverse - a U.S citizen tries to cross the border into Canada with a loaded weapon. However, on Wednesday (Sept. 18), Cardston RCMP with the assistance...

Sep 20, 2019 RCMP

19-year-old man robbed at knifepoint Tuesday morning

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are investigating another robbery - this time along the 100 blk of 13 St. N. Police say on Tuesday, Sept. 17, just before 7 a.m., a 19-year- old man was sitting behi...

Sep 18, 2019 Robbery Suspects - Photos Courtesy Lethbridge Police Service