Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
The Watch hits the streets in downtown Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the new programs that the Lethbridge Police Service is rolling out to help deal with the drug crisis in downtown is now patrolling the streets. Members of The Watch have comple...
May 01, 2019 Photo Credit: LPS
Two local men charged by police in connection with substation break-in, theft of copper wire
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged two men following a break, enter and theft at a City of Lethbridge electrical substation that resulted in $300,000 worth of damage. According to police,...
May 01, 2019
Pincher Creek RCMP initiate multi detachment pursuit of B-and-E suspects
PINCHER CREEK -- Charges are pending in a property theft case that involved four RCMP detachments and the Piikani Police.Just after 10:00 Tuesday (April 30) morning, Pincher Creek RCMP responded to a ...
Apr 30, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Defense in sex assault trial pokes holes in woman's testimony of paid sex, death threats
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 19-year-old woman who testified on Monday, April 29, that she was paid for sex dozens of times by a 75-year-old man, was cross examined by the defense on Tuesday about her version o...
Apr 30, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Teen at out of control Halloween party pleads guilty to assaulting a peace officer
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An 18-year-old man from Brooks, Alta. involved in an out of control Halloween party near La Cite Des Prairies last October, has pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting a peace offic...
Apr 30, 2019 Peyton Thomas Kale Many Shots
LPS charge man who allegedly kidnapped and assaulted girlfriend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 54-year-old man in connection with an incident where he kidnapped, assaulted and unlawfully confined his girlfriend. LPS responded to a home on April ...
Apr 30, 2019
RCMP in Fort Macleod looking for suspects in theft from local car wash
FORT MACLEOD, AB - Fort Macleod RCMP are looking for the public's help to identify a suspect following a theft from the BCD Carwash on 13 Street. Police say on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. t...
Apr 30, 2019 Photo Credit: Fort Macleod RCMP
Lethbridge Police seize more than $60,000 worth of drugs after traffic stop
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local police have charged two people following a routine traffic spot where police seized more than $60,000 worth of drugs. According to police, a Chevrolet Silverado truck was stoppe...
Apr 30, 2019 Photo Credit: Lethbridge Police
Weekend stolen vehicle incidents result in a dozen charges for Southern Alberta pair
LETHBRIDGE -- An 18-year-old Lethbridge woman and 20-year-old Coaldale man have been charged in connection with a series of incidents involving a stolen vehicle. On the afternoon of April 25, 2019 pol...
Apr 30, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Appeal dismissed in challenge to Alberta gay-straight alliance law
CALGARY - Opponents of Alberta's law allowing gay-straight alliances in schools were dealt another legal setback Monday after the province's highest court dismissed their appeal. In 2017, the Alberta ...
Apr 29, 2019 The Canadian Presss