Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Vehicle stop leads to arrests; seizure of controlled substance
Two people are facing charges after a search of a vehicle Monday night lead to officers locating methamphetamine and bear spray. Police stopped a car in the 500 Block of 13th Street E. around 8:30 p.m...
Jun 18, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
This week's top five
News Director Glenn Hicks takes you through the stories that that you selected as the top stories trending across our social media channels this week. Leave a comment telling us which stories are your...
Jun 14, 2019
Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill
A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...
Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)
Inmate sentenced in connection to 2016 Prison riot death
One of five men charged in the death of an inmate during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 2016, has received a 10 year sentence.Kelfert Wayne Watetch, 28, was sentenced Tuesday at Court of Q...
Jun 12, 2019 One inmate died and eight others were injured during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in late 2016. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Suspect arrested after early morning break and enter
Members of the Prince Albert Police Service responded to a complaint of a break and enter into a garage in the 500 block of 24th Street W. shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday.Officers were able to apprehend ...
Jun 11, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Suspect hides in dog house; apprehended by police dog
A suspect on the run from the Prince Albert Police Service was apprehended by Police Service Dog Jeb, who found the man hiding in a dog house in the backyard of a home in the 500 block of 15th Street ...
Jun 11, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
OHS charges laid in connection to death of Prince Albert man
Two companies and an individual have been charged with violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations arising from an incident that resulted in the death of a Prince Albert man a...
Jun 11, 2019 Jared Moffat, left, of Prince Albert and Tim McLean, right, of Nipigon, Ont., were killed while working for Forbes Bros. when a tower they were on collapsed in Come by Chance, NL in 2017. (file photo/GoFundMe,Facebook)
Prisoner escapes correctional facility
Update: As of 9:30 a.m. on June 19, Randy Timothy Venne was located in La Ronge and has been returned to custody.---- Police are looking for an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility on the w...
Jun 10, 2019 RCMP reported Randy Timothy Venne, 30, escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Facility. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Police asking for help to identify four suspects in vehicle thefts
The Prince Albert Police Service is appealing to the public for assistance in identifying four men responsible for several thefts from vehicles on May 29. At 4:30 a.m. officers attended the 700 block ...
Jun 07, 2019 (submitted photo/PAPS)
PAPS make arrest for firearms; breach of court order
The Prince Albert Police Service arrested a 19-year-old man for a number of firearms charges just after 2 a.m. Friday morning.While on routine patrol an officer noticed a suspicious individual walking...
Jun 07, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
