Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Inmates growing restless as active cases drop at Sask. Penitentiary
While the number of active cases at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary continues to drop, a man serving a five-and-a-half year sentence at the institution is calling for some form of compensation if restri...
Jan 12, 2021
Drugs and weapons seized in search warrant
Members of the Prince Albert Police Street Enforcement Team (SET) and the Integrated Crime Reduction Team (ICRT) charged several people following a weapons and drug investigation on Jan. 8. The Specia...
Jan 11, 2021
Former RCMP officer pleads guilty to breach of trust for accessing private image from surveillance video
A former Saskatchewan RCMP officer pleaded guilty to breach of trust by a public officer in Queen's Bench Court in Battleford Monday.Wade Chitrena accessed at least one sensitive image of an adult fem...
Jan 11, 2021
Prince Albert police report suspected homicide
Prince Albert Police Service is dealing with its first homicide investigation of 2021. Just before midnight on Jan. 9, officers made a traffic stop in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue West to investigat...
Jan 11, 2021
Inmate vaccination plan rolls out; COVID spreads at Willow Cree Healing Lodge
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to federal inmates.The 600 doses were distributed Friday amongst Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre, the Regional Treatment Centre i...
Jan 09, 2021
RCMP asking public for help identifying person involved in break and enter
The Melfort RCMP are asking for the public's help to identify an individual in connection to a break and enter in St. Brieux.According to a media release, the break and enter happened at the 200 block...
Jan 08, 2021
Alleged home invader cleared of wrongdoing, due to issues with photo line-up
Due to a technicality, a man charged in connection to a violent home invasion in Prince Albert, in which the victim was tied up and threatened with a shotgun, was found not guilty. The trial for Antho...
Jan 07, 2021
Robbery suspect apprehended by police
A man wanted by police in connection to a series of robberies and break-and-enters across central Saskatchewan last fall, is now behind bars.RCMP confirmed Thursday morning Ethan James Felix-Beatty wa...
Jan 07, 2021
Just one impaired driving charge laid over holiday break
With everybody staying inside, the streets were safer over the holiday break.From Dec. 21 to New Year's Day, there was just one impaired driving charge laid in Prince Albert. There was also a check st...
Jan 06, 2021
Police investigate shooting in East Hill neighbourhood
A man was transported to hospital Monday morning with a gunshot wound to his back, according to a news release from the Prince Albert Police Service.The shooting incident around 6:30 a.m. in the 500 b...
Jan 06, 2021
