Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
P.A. homeowner wakes up to break and enter, gunshot
Police are investigating after a homeowner woke up to broken glass and a gunshot in their home.Prince Albert RCMP and the Prince Albert Police Service were dispatched to the break and enter in progres...
Jan 10, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Home invader pleads guilty, receives four-year jail sentence
One of two people charged following a violent home invasion in Prince Albert last fall, admitted responsibility for her actions and received a federal prison sentence. At a hearing Friday morning at P...
Jan 10, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Police request public's help as they search for La Loche man accused of sex assault
La Loche RCMP have issued a warrant for a man at-large who is charged with sexual assault.Mark Kelly Laprise, born 1984, is also charged with sexual interference.Police say numerous attempts to locate...
Jan 09, 2020 Mark Kelly Laprise, 35. (submitted photo/La Loche RCMP)
Two men facing firearms-related charges arrested
Police arrested two men wanted in connection with firearms related charges after police attended an unrelated call last night.The attending officers spotted a suspect wanted in connection with a recen...
Jan 09, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Flag debate heads to Court of Appeal
A controversial flag depicting a cartoon fetus will be the focus of discussion during a court hearing next week in Saskatoon.The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has agreed to hear from lawyers representi...
Jan 08, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Court of Appeal upholds decision in 2014 murder case
Two Prince Albert men convicted of murder will not get a new trial.The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld the respective convictions for Orren Johnson and Jordan Herron, and dismissed their...
Jan 08, 2020 A photo taken of Jordan Herron (left) and Orren Johnson (right) at the conclusion of their trial in Feb. 2017 at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Local family searches for answers following sudden death of longtime pet
A Prince Albert area family is attempting to pick up the pieces, after suffering a tragic loss less than two weeks before Christmas.Conrad Zimmerman's eight-year-old German Shepherd "Max" went missing...
Jan 07, 2020 Eight-year-old Max is greatly missed by his family, northwest of Prince Albert. (submitted photo/ Conrad Zimmermann)
Chicken with razor blades tossed into dog owner’s west Saskatoon backyard
A Saskatoon dog owner is keeping a closer eye on her canine in the backyard after a chilling incident Monday morning.Brittany Betker had just let Duke, her rescue dog, out into their backyard around 1...
Jan 07, 2020 A baggy containing a chicken breast with embedded razorblades was found in a Pacific Heights neighbourhood backyard on Jan. 6, 2020. (Brittany Betker/Facebook)
More than 225,000 cigarettes seized in raid by Sask. police
Three people are facing charges after a huge seizure of illegal tobacco products north of Yorkton.According to the RCMP, a four-month-long investigation led to the execution of six search warrants in ...
Jan 07, 2020 (submitted/RCMP)
Local business owner calls for changes at Gateway Mall following latest break-in
The owner of Stellar Gear says his store at Prince Albert's Gateway Mall will remain temporarily closed following a break-in over the weekend.Dana Cockwill told paNOW the break-in happened around 7:50...
Jan 06, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
