Crime & Courts

Lethbridge man serving time for 2018 west side shooting receives second prison sentence

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 34-year-old Lethbridge man sentenced to six years in prison in relation to a shooting in west Lethbridge in 2018, has been sentenced for a second time - in less than a month - on an...

Sep 11, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

$95,000 drug seizure results in charges against Lethbridge man

LETHBRIDGE -- A 22-year-old city man faces drug charges after $95,000 worth of methamphetamine, carfentanil and cocaine was seized from a west side home last week. A short term investigation into drug...

Sep 11, 2019 LPS Cruiser -- LNN

OH & S charges against Triple M Housing subsidiaries withdrawn, but remain against parent company

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge Housing company facing dozens of charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to its parent company and its 11 subsidiaries, will have the charges against the sub...

Sep 10, 2019 Triple M Housing in the Sherring Industrial Park, north Lethbridge

Trial dates set for former Lethbridge massage therapist

Lethbridge, AB - A former Lethbridge massage therapist has elected trial by judge alone in Court of Queen's bench in June 2020. 53-year-old Cyprien Mudenge has been charged with one count of sexual as...

Sep 10, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Cardston gun shop owner pleads guilty to four firearms related charges

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dean Dan Sommerfeldt, Owner and President of K & D Implements Ltd., pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench Monday (Sept.9), to four firearms related offences. Charges against hi...

Sep 09, 2019 Officers seize weapons in June 2017

Stabbing incident near SCS results in man charged with assault with a weapon

LETHBRIDGE -- A 29 year old city man is in custody and facing an assault charge, after a stabbing outside the Supervised Consumption Site on Saturday (Sept 7). Around 2:30 p.m. police responded to a s...

Justin Goulet Sep 09, 2019 LPS Cruiser -- LNN

29-year-old SCS paintball suspect to remain behind bars

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year old man charged with three counts of possession of a dangerous weapon, one count of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and one count of mischief in relation to ...

Sep 06, 2019 A suspect vehicle allegedly connected to a paintball shooting at the SCS - Photo Courtesy: Lethbridge Police

Three city residents charged after high risk incident

LETHBRIDGE -- The investigation continues but, two men and a woman, all from Lethbridge, face a string of charges after both the Priority Crime Unit and the Critical Incident Response Team seized 13 f...

Sep 06, 2019 LPS cruiser --LNN

Man convicted of beating partner, keeping her in RV for two days, sentenced in Lethbridge Provincial Court

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 53-year-old man who has five prior domestic assault convictions involving three different partners, and a criminal record dating back to 1980, has been convicted again of multiple o...

Sep 05, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Second degree murder charges reduced to manslaughter during Twigg, Scout trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Moments after Simon Danny Scout and Rylan James Twigg were arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday (Sept. 3), the Crown announced it w...

Sep 03, 2019 The home where Lethbridge Police say Kenrick First Rider was killed