Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Ottawa man charged in connection with assault on Lethbridge senior found fit to stand trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ottawa resident Adam Hall Hobkirk-Onate, the 21-year-old man charged in connection with a brutal assault on a 75-year old Lethbridge senior back in May, has been fit to stand trial. A...
Aug 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Tentative new trial dates set for Fort Macleod RCMP Officer charged with assault
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The case against Fort Macleod RCMP officer, Troy William Heystek, who was scheduled for trial on Dec 7, 2020, has been resolved with a peace bond. The bond stipulates several ...
Aug 16, 2019 New trial dates have been tentatively scheduled for Cst. Troy Heystek
Ammonite theft suspect released from custody
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of two men charged in connection with the theft of a valuable ammonite fossil - July 16, has been released from custody. 26-year old Logan Heavy Shields was released into the cust...
Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Social media both a help and hurdle for police investigations
OTTAWA -- Social media can help or hurt police investigations such as the one into three homicides in northern British Columbia, says a criminologist.Frank Cormier, head of the sociology and criminolo...
Aug 16, 2019 Surveilance video of Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod
Man accused of selling horses for processing receives fine, restitution order
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 78-year-old man charged in connection with the sale of two horses that were slaughtered at a Fort Macleod facility in April 2018, has pleaded guilty in Lethbridge Provincial Court t...
Aug 15, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)
Substantial Fentanyl seizure in Coalhurst
LETHBRIDGE -- A three month investigation by ALERT's Lethbridge organized crime and gang team resulted in an arrest and the seizure fentanyl pills and powder worth an estimated $118,000.On Thursday (A...
Aug 13, 2019 ALERT seized drugs and money on Aug. 8
Police say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicide by gunfire
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire. Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to ...
Aug 12, 2019 Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod (Photo: The Canadian Press)
Massage therapist pleads not guilty to sexual assault
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 53-year-old Lethbridge massage therapist, charged with one count of sexual assault, pleaded not guilty to the charge at his arraignment in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monda...
Aug 12, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News NOW)
Homicide victim’s sister accuses fugitive’s dad of failing to take responsibility
The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman's death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow.Kennedy...
Aug 12, 2019 Alan Schmegelsky - The Canadian Press
Homicide victim's sister accuses fugitive's dad of failing to take responsibility
The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman's death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow. Kenned...
Aug 12, 2019