Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
LPS charge woman in connection with assault and robbery
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 34-year-old woman in connection with an incident where a senior citizen was attacked and robbed in his garage. According to police, they responded to ...
Jun 12, 2019
Medical examiner tells Alberta trial lack of oxygen didn’t cause toddler’s death
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The medical examiner who did an autopsy on a 19-month-old boy says there was no suggestion a lack of oxygen had anything to do with the child's death.David and Collet Stephan are on t...
Jun 11, 2019 David Stephan
Lethbridge woman convicted of killing her mother in 2016 granted full parole
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman convicted of stabbing her mother as she slept, has been granted full parole just eight months after she was granted day parole.31-year-old Jessica Leann Praill admi...
Jun 11, 2019 Praill Crime Scene, 2016
Closing arguments delivered in Robert John Sheppard attempted murder trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The shooting at a home on Heritage Boulevard West in Lethbridge April 15, 2018 was "a manifestation of anger and hatred" at the end of a relationship, argued Co-Crown Prosecutor Clayt...
Jun 11, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Sod turning ceremony held at site for new Coaldale RCMP Detachment
COALDALE, AB - While the new Coaldale RCMP detachment's building itself is still a little way away from being built, that hasn't dimmed the excitement for officials involved in the process.Representat...
Jun 11, 2019 Everyone on hand for the sod turning
Robert John Sheppard attempted murder trial continues as LPS officers testify
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four spent shell casings were found at a home on Heritage Boulevard on the evening of April 15, 2018. It was the same night, 49-year-old Erica Grintals testified on May 24, that Rober...
Jun 10, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Dangerous Offender hearing set for serial sexual offender Trevor Pritchard
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two sets of dates have been set aside in February and March 2020 to determine whether sexual offender Trevor Pritchard meets the definition of either a long-term or dangerous offender...
Jun 10, 2019 Trevor Pritchard
Medical examiner tells couple’s trial that child died of bacterial meningitis
LETHBRIDGE -- A medical examiner who did the autopsy on a 19-month-old toddler whose parents are on trial in his death clashed with the boy's father in court Monday.David and Collet Stephan are charge...
Jun 10, 2019 David and Collet Stephan - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Character witnesses called to testify for defence in senior citizen's sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - About half a dozen witnesses were called to the stand in Court of Queen's Bench Friday, June 7, to testify what they knew about the reputation of a 75-year-old man, charged with sever...
Jun 07, 2019 Witness stand in Court of Queen's Bench Courtroom, Lethbridge
Raymond man facing 90 days in custody and 12 months probation for historic sex crimes
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 50-year-old man from Raymond, found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault in relation to crimes that occurred in the early to mid-1980s receive...
Jun 05, 2019