Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Gang 'suppression' initiative results in 35 arrests
The deputy chief for the Prince Albert Police Service says gangs are visible in the city and contribute to a number of issues including both property and violent crime. Jason Stonechild's remarks are ...
Jul 26, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
B.C. murder suspect not a neo-Nazi, is more fascinated by Russia, dad says
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was...
Jul 26, 2019 Alan Schmegelsky, father of Bryer Schmegelsky, poses for a photo during an interview with The Canadian Press in Mill Bay B.C. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in "very serious pain" and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the young man's death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Kane
Prison staff member injured at hands of knife wielding inmate, says source
A staff member at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary is recovering, following an incident earlier this week involving a minimum security inmate, armed with a knife. The incident happed Tuesday. A source cl...
Jul 25, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Alberta RCMP apologize for poor investigation into Indigenous woman's death
EDMONTON - The commanding officer of the RCMP in Alberta has apologized to the family of an Indigenous woman who disappeared nine years ago and whose killer has never been found.Amber Tuccaro was 20 y...
Jul 25, 2019 Amber Tuccaro
Youth pleads guilty to stealing front loader for joyride
A 13-year-old boy accused of taking a front loader for a joyride through Prince Albert, is taking responsibility for his actions.On Wednesday morning, the boy's legal aid lawyer entered a guilty plea ...
Jul 24, 2019 A parked car and a retaining wall were damaged following an incident last June in Prince Albert. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Man involved in home invasion receives jail sentence
A man who was found lurking around a Prince Albert couple's bedroom when they awoke, has received a two-year jail sentence.Frank Ballantyne, 20, was sentenced Tuesday at Court of Queen's Bench in Prin...
Jul 24, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Police seek B.C. murder suspects in swamp, bush, bugs of northern Manitoba
The deputy mayor of a remote northern Manitoba town says residents are locking their doors earlier than usual after word of a police manhunt in the area for two suspects in the deaths o...
Jul 24, 2019
'I forgive you for murdering my son,' mother of man killed in prison riot says at sentence hearing
Evelyn Bird fought back tears as she faced her son's killer at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench, and talked about how her son's death had deeply impacted her family. Bird read a victim impact stat...
Jul 23, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Violent crime up in Prince Albert but property crimes dropping, says new report
The 2018 Crime Statistics and Crime Severity Index (CSI) report, released by Statistic Canada this week, offers a mixed bag of news for Prince Albert.In terms of its overall crime severity index from ...
Jul 23, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Shots fired at house on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
The Prince Albert RCMP has confirmed they are investigating a shooting on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.Early Saturday morning, shots were fired at a house. There were no injuries and there have been...
Jul 22, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
