Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Pedestrian dead after being struck by taxi in La Ronge
A 24-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a taxi cab Sept. 28 in La Ronge.That's according to an RCMP news release, which stated the fatal collision occurred just after midnight along Highway 2...
Sep 30, 2019 The 24-year-old man was declared dead at the local hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...
Sep 28, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...
Sep 27, 2019
Council close to signing agreement for more RCMP officers in La Ronge
Councillors in La Ronge appear close to inking a deal with the RCMP for three additional members. The cost for such an agreement, however, doesn't sit well with La Ronge Mayor Ron Woytowich who said h...
Sep 27, 2019 The agreement could be approved Oct. 9. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Montreal Lake man receives prison time for Tasering cop
A man who led RCMP on a high speed chase, while high on crystal meth, has received a 36-month prison sentence.Raini Scott Henderson, 30, was sentenced Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Court of Queen's...
Sep 24, 2019 Raini Scott Henderson gets escorted away from Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit
CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...
Sep 24, 2019
Cole Bay man charged in fatal hit and run
A 52-year-old man is dead after he was struck by vehicle on Highway 965 near Canoe Narrows. According to an RCMP media release, Beavual RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a veh...
Sep 23, 2019 Beauval RCMP continue to investigate a fatal hit and run near Canoe Narrows. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Lindhout kidnapper Ali Omar Ader abandons appeals of sentence, conviction
OTTAWA - A Somalian man found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout has abandoned appeals of his sentence and conviction.In a statement today, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Ali O...
Sep 17, 2019
La Ronge RCMP seek footage of recent assault on officers
La Ronge RCMP is looking for the public's assistance in obtaining footage showing an assault on police officers responding to a local residence last month.According to an RCMP media release, on Aug. 2...
Sep 12, 2019 A 29-year-old man has already been charged for the incident. (file photo/paNOW Staff))
La Ronge RCMP release sketch of sexual assault suspect
La Ronge RCMP have released a sketch of who could be responsible for a sexual assault back in June.According to an RCMP media release, the physical and sexual assault on an adult female occurred June ...
Sep 11, 2019 La Ronge RCMP released this sketch of a suspect in connection with a recent sexual assault. (Submitted/La Ronge RCMP)