Crime & Courts

Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist

CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...

Jul 15, 2019

Fort Macleod RCMP investigating ATV theft

Fort Macleod -- RCMP are asking for information relating to the early Tuesday (July 9) morning theft of a 2014 John Deere Gator 825i 4x4 'Side by Side' All Terrain Vehicle. The standard yellow and gre...

Jul 10, 2019 John Deer ATV - released by RCMP

Voices support harm reduction - for all

LETHBRIDGE -- Concern was expressed across social media Saturday morning about the potential for trouble as opposing voices gathered in support of ARCHES or the business community surrounding the Safe...

Jul 07, 2019 Supporters at the rear of Hamilton Carpets - LethbridgeNewsNOW

Man caught inside Lethbridge Police bike compound

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's not quite like allegedly stealing a cell phone and trying to sell it back to an undercover police officer in the police station "Safe Exchange Zone", but it's close. Lethbridge P...

Jul 04, 2019 Lethbridge Police Station

UPDATED: Triple M Housing and its entities facing charges in relation to 2017 workplace incident

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge company and its 11 subsidiaries are facing a total of 13 charges under the Occupational Health and Safety (OH & S) Act. The charges are in relation to a workplace inc...

Jul 03, 2019 Triple M Housing (Lethbridge News NOW)

Mudenge, Herdman cases to go to trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 53-year-old Lethbridge massage therapist charged with sexual assault will head to trial. A preliminary inquiry was set for Cyprien Mudenge on July 2. According to Lethbridge Police,...

Jul 03, 2019 Lethbridge News Now

Two people from Montreal, one from Calgary facing multiple fraud-related charges

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Three people have been arrested and charged with a variety of offences, after an incident at the Picture Butte Scotiabank last week, according to Lethbridge Police.Police say on June ...

Jul 02, 2019 Lethbridge Police (Lethbridge News NOW)

Cody Tyler Black Forehead sentenced to one year in jail

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 34-year-old man who pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual interference in relation to two 15-year-old boys back in April 2017, has been sentenced to one year in jail, and 18-months...

Jun 28, 2019 Cody Tyler Black Forehead (Lethbridge News NOW)

Judgement and sentencing, psychiatric assessment ordered - among several cases heard in Lethbridge court Friday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A judgement and sentencing date has been set for a 33-year-old Lethbridge man, in connection with a shooting at a home on Heritage Boulevard West, April 18, 2018. Robert John Sheppard...

Jun 28, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

B.C. to argue for injunction on Alberta’s turn-off-the-taps law in Calgary court

CALGARY -- British Columbia's request for an injunction against Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps law is to be heard in a Calgary courtroom today. The legislation allows Alberta to crimp energy sh...

Jun 28, 2019 Pipeline work -- The Canadian Press