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Post by Sher on Aug 19, 2005 15:48:18 GMT -5
Reports of gunfire brought police to Mill Woods early today where they found a man dead.
"We've had a homicide," said Insp. Al Bohachyk, who added that it's very early in the investigation.
The victim was in his mid-20s.
A forensic unit and homicide detectives were being called to the scene, a single-family residence at 10 Avenue and 45 Street.
Details about suspects were very sketchy and were not being released.
Two adult females were escorted from the house by police and they were being treated as victims of the crime.
Residents nearby were shocked.
"This is scary,'' said Michele Stewart, who lives about a block north of the scene.
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Post by Sher on Aug 19, 2005 15:50:02 GMT -5
Fri, August 19, 2005
Man charged after drugs, weapons seized in Lamont
A Lamont man has been charged after police raided his outdoor marijuana grow-op and turned up a weapons cache on Tuesday.
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP yesterday arrested and charged Glenn Goudie, 42, of Lamont with various offences.
He wasn't home during the Tuesday raid.
The 11:50 a.m. raid of the rural residence in Lamont County saw the joint-force RCMP and Edmonton Police Service Green Team seize 30 dope plants, with an average height of over two metres.
Twenty-one long-barrelled guns were also seized, along with a handgun, thousands of bullets and some prohibited ammunition magazines.
Two bulletproof vests, a gas mask and information on how to make grenades were also seized.
Goudie was charged with possession and production of marijuana.
He also faces 16 counts of possessing a gun without a registration certificate, one count of possessing a weapon obtained by an offence, seven counts of possessing a prohibited device, and one count of possessing a prohibited firearm.
Goudie was released on bail and will appear in Fort Saskatchewan provincial court Sept. 21 at 9:30 a.m.
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Post by Sher on Aug 22, 2005 13:43:49 GMT -5
Police have arrested a man in connection with last week's Mob-style execution in Mill Woods.
Dave Longhurst, 26, became Edmonton's 24th homicide victim Thursday night when he was shot by a masked man who entered a home at 1028 45 St.
Police said the victim and his attacker knew each other and that the suspect was let into the home.
They said "there was an argument and a tussle," during which time the victim was shot.
But the scene in the quiet neighbourhood of Crawford Plains suggests the men did more than simply "tussle."
The view beyond the yellow police tape is chilling.
The door is covered with fingerprinting ash; the entire surface is smudged with handprints.
The doorknob has been smashed and the doorbell destroyed.
Ryan Lorne Enright, 22, of Edmonton, was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree murder.
Police are looking for a second suspect.
And despite their not suspecting the death is gang- or drug-related, people in the neighbourhood said they were wary of the company Longhurst kept.
Steve Thomas said he and Longhurst had talked about rebuilding a fence together.
"I had him over for a beer once. He seemed like a nice guy - a little strange, but nice," Thomas said.
"His friends gave me a bad feeling. I didn't want them around my family."
Another resident said he saw Longhurst often.
"There was something about him that made me uneasy," he said.
He said he knew Enright from his school days at J. Percy Page.
"I knew who Ryan was," he said. "And I knew enough to stay the hell away from him.
"He was involved with drugs."
The latest arrest means Edmonton cops have cleared 19 of 24 murders - in terms of laying charges.
That's a clearance rate of 79% so far for 2005.
"We've had great success of late," said Insp. Dennis Pysyk.
"With the Liana White case, and now this, we've been responding well during a tough year."
Last year at this time, the city had 18 murders.
The 2004 total was 28, with a clearance rate of just 46%.
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Post by Sher on Aug 22, 2005 13:45:38 GMT -5
Arrest warrants were issued for two men who are believed to be in the Edmonton area after fleeing a minimum-security jail in Hobbema Saturday.
Berni McGilvery, 34, and Leo McIntyre, 26, walked away from Pesakastew Centre around 8 p.m. Saturday, said Hobbema RCMP Cpl. Ed Jobson. He said the men, who have lengthy criminal records, are not believed to be armed, but should not be approached.
McGilvery is in jail for possession of stolen property and fleeing from police, Jobson said. He did not have information on the crimes McIntyre is serving time for.
McGilvery is five foot seven and 165 pounds. He is aboriginal with a medium complexion, brown eyes and short black hair. McIntyre is six feet and weighs 205 pounds. He is Caucasian with a fair complexion, short brown hair and blue eyes.
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Post by Sher on Aug 22, 2005 13:46:23 GMT -5
A Hobbema teen is in serious but stable condition after he was stabbed in the chest over the weekend in what police are saying may be yet another gang-related incident.
The 13-year-old boy was attacked Saturday afternoon in the latest in a series of violent episodes in the troubled aboriginal community this year.
A 15-year-old male, also from Hobbema, faces multiple charges including aggravated assault.
He has been released to his parents' custody.
The attack follows three separate instances of gunplay in just two days, a trend First Nations officials have attributed to an ongoing turf war between several local gangs.
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Street violence has become so rampant that the four native bands and Alberta Justice officials are discussing holding provincial court in Hobbema.
The hope is that the shame of local trials will act as a deterrent to criminal behaviour.
Meanwhile, Hobbema RCMP are still waiting to hear whether they will receive an additional 13 officers they say are desperately needed.
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Post by Sher on Sept 13, 2005 12:36:29 GMT -5
A Fort Saskatchewan woman faces multiple charges after cops in that town were led on a short chase during an investigation about a break and enter.
"For this area, it's quite odd," said RCMP Const. Helen Meinzinger.
Fort Mounties said three people broke into a house in that city Saturday night in search of the woman's acquaintance, who wasn't at home at the time.
The threesome "trashed" the home and threatened to harm the person they were in search of, said police.
Cops on Sunday learned a suspect was driving back to Fort Saskatchewan from Edmonton on the Manning Freeway.
Police found the vehicle, pulled it over and ordered the driver to turn off the ignition, police said.
That's when the suspect drove off about a half-kilometre, jumped out of the car and raced away on foot.
Two males in the car were arrested without incident and eventually freed.
The RCMP helicopter, Edmonton Police and RCMP dog team were called in to search for the suspect. A woman was eventually found hiding in the bushes.
Sara Gean Peterson, 18, of Fort Saskatchewan is in custody and faces charges of break-and-enter, possession of a weapon, uttering threats, breach of an undertaking, failing to stop and possession of stolen property. She is to appear in provincial court on Thursday.
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Post by Sher on Oct 18, 2005 14:01:42 GMT -5
City police have called in the gang unit to look into an early morning shooting that seriously injured a 21-year-old man with possible ties to the Redd Alert.
Emergency crews responded to the small, single-storey house at 119 Avenue and 96 Street around 1:30 a.m. yesterday after receiving a report of several shots fired.
The man was hit twice - one bullet became lodged in his skull after entering through his cheek. Another slug went into his chest.
He sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was rushed to the University of Alberta hospital, where he underwent surgery later in the day.
A friend of the victim, who asked not to be identified, said the address where the shooting occurred is home to Redd Alert gang members. He said the shooters were "a bunch of Indian Posse (members) looking for a hit."
The victim had gone to answer the door when the shots were fired.
"The kid just kept firing. It was another retaliation."
Edmonton Police Service spokesman Karen Carlson could not confirm the groups' involvement, but said the gang unit was informed of the incident. "Whether or not it's gang-related is still under investigation," said Carlson.
No arrests have been made.
According to a report released last spring by the Criminal Intelligence Service of Alberta, the Redd Alert was set to surpass the Indian Posse as the most formidable native street gang in the province.
It's believed the upstart Redd Alert has somewhere between 150 and 200 members and associates, while the older Indian Posse has numbers that range between 100 and 150.
A man raking leaves on the front lawn of the house yesterday refused to comment on the incident.
One next-door neighbour said he didn't hear the shots and was asleep when police knocked on his door around 2 a.m.
"They said something went down but couldn't explain what," he said.
He said the area is usually quiet. He doesn't know his neighbours, but said there are a lot of people coming in and out of the home.
"It happens everywhere else. It's when you think it won't happen in your neighbourhood that it happens."
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Post by Sher on Mar 14, 2006 17:00:47 GMT -5
An "out-of-control" Edmonton father has admitted repeatedly kicking his teenage daughter with his steel-toed boots in a brutal assault that horrified onlookers.
Nagi Ahmad Zrein, 50, pleaded guilty in provincial court yesterday to assault with a weapon for kicking the then-14-year-old girl during an attack which also included him punching, stomping and slamming her face into a van.
An eyewitness to the Aug. 30 assault said she is haunted by the vicious beating.
"I wake up every morning seeing her face," said Sharon Trelenberg. "She was brutally attacked. He was out of control."
Fellow eyewitness Jody Hickey, who rescued the victim by bringing her into her home and calling police, agreed.
"It was probably one of the most violent crimes against a child I have ever seen," said Hickey.
Crown prosecutor Christian Lim told court Zrein went to pick up his daughter at her friend's home and was upset she had had contact with a 39-year-old man.
He went there with his wife and began "yelling and screaming uncontrollably" and swearing at his daughter while telling her to get into their vehicle.
While still in the home, Zrein began assaulting the teen by punching her in the head repeatedly with a closed fist, said Lim.
The victim ran outside and Zrein chased her down, threw her to the ground and began kicking her in the stomach and arms with his steel-toed boots, said Lim.
Trelenberg told Zrein to stop, but he continued and stomped on his daughter twice with all his weight, said Lim, adding Zrein yelled, 'I should have kicked the sh-t out of you years ago.
"He then picked her up by the hair with both hands and slammed her face into the side of the minivan as the two civilian witnesses looked on in horror," said Lim.
Zrein again kicked the girl, who was screaming for help and pleading with him to stop, then threw her into the van and told his wife to drive her home.
Hickey grabbed the beaten teen, brought her into her home and called police, said Lim.
The girl, now 15, had multiple bruises and contusions, but did not suffer any serious injuries, said Lim.
Court heard Zrein has no criminal record and the matter was put over for sentencing to June 20 so a pre-sentence report can be completed.
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Post by Sher on Apr 7, 2006 19:23:59 GMT -5
Edmonton schoolgirl assaulted in school washroom Updated Mon. Apr. 3 2006 11:19 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Edmonton's police chief stressed Monday that officers are "pulling out all the stops" to find the man who sexually assaulted a female Grade 2 student in an elementary school washroom.
"I want to stress to everyone, this is our highest priority case," Mike Boyd told reporters.
"There is nothing of more priority in this city at this time than this case, and we are pulling out all the stops."
The attack happened just as the girl stopped to use the washroom before Monday morning recess at Oliver School, located just west of Edmonton's downtown area, said Jeff Wuite, a police spokesperson.
"An unknown male approached her from one of the stalls in the girls' bathroom, dragged her into the stall and sexually assaulted her," he said.
The school, which houses students from kindergarten to Grade 9, was locked down for about two hours after the incident while police confirmed the suspect was no longer on the premises.
Jane Farrell, a spokeswoman for Edmonton public schools, said most doors are kept locked except for a few minutes before recess.
The only door that is regularly kept unlocked is the front entrance near the office.
Farrell said the students have been advised to go in pairs to the washrooms from now on.
Oliver School Principal Judy Wilkie has also asked the students to refrain from questioning the victim because her experience has obviously been traumatic.
The suspect has been described as being a 30-year-old black male, 5'9", wearing a red shirt and a baggy black jacket, with orange or yellow streaks in his hair.
"There's no indication anyone else has seen this fellow. Of course, the investigation is still relatively new. Interviews with any staff, students and anybody who might have possibly seen anything are ongoing," Wuite said.
The case bears a chilling resemblance to one in Toronto in 2002, when a seven-year-old girl was assaulted by a man hiding in the girls' washroom at her school.
With a report from CTV Edmonton's David Ewasuk
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Post by Sher on Apr 7, 2006 19:24:44 GMT -5
Edmonton schoolgirl assaulted in school washroom Updated Mon. Apr. 3 2006 11:19 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Edmonton's police chief stressed Monday that officers are "pulling out all the stops" to find the man who sexually assaulted a female Grade 2 student in an elementary school washroom. "I want to stress to everyone, this is our highest priority case," Mike Boyd told reporters. "There is nothing of more priority in this city at this time than this case, and we are pulling out all the stops." The attack happened just as the girl stopped to use the washroom before Monday morning recess at Oliver School, located just west of Edmonton's downtown area, said Jeff Wuite, a police spokesperson. "An unknown male approached her from one of the stalls in the girls' bathroom, dragged her into the stall and sexually assaulted her," he said. The school, which houses students from kindergarten to Grade 9, was locked down for about two hours after the incident while police confirmed the suspect was no longer on the premises. Jane Farrell, a spokeswoman for Edmonton public schools, said most doors are kept locked except for a few minutes before recess. The only door that is regularly kept unlocked is the front entrance near the office. Farrell said the students have been advised to go in pairs to the washrooms from now on. Oliver School Principal Judy Wilkie has also asked the students to refrain from questioning the victim because her experience has obviously been traumatic. The suspect has been described as being a 30-year-old black male, 5'9", wearing a red shirt and a baggy black jacket, with orange or yellow streaks in his hair. "There's no indication anyone else has seen this fellow. Of course, the investigation is still relatively new. Interviews with any staff, students and anybody who might have possibly seen anything are ongoing," Wuite said. The case bears a chilling resemblance to one in Toronto in 2002, when a seven-year-old girl was assaulted by a man hiding in the girls' washroom at her school. With a report from CTV Edmonton's David Ewasuk Police question man in case of assaulted Alta. girl CTV.ca News Staff Edmonton police are questioning a man in the sexual assault of a Grade 2 girl in an elementary school washroom earlier this week. Police stress that no charges have been laid and they are not certain if this is the man they are looking for. The victim was in the crowded school playground with her uncle when school let out Friday, when an unidentified man approached them and asked for a cigarette, The Canadian Press reported. According to the wire agency, the girl told her uncle that she thought it was the man who attacked her. The girl's uncle and another man gave chase when he refused to stop, tackled the man, and held him until police arrived. Brian Wong said he was picking up his son when he spotted the man. "We just saw this guy walking through the playground that matches the description of the guy... We grabbed him, asking 'We need some questions here,'" Wong told CTV Edmonton, saying the man put up a fight. Police say the man does in some way match the description of the man they are looking for. The girl was attacked on Monday when she stopped to use the washroom before morning recess at Oliver School, located just west of Edmonton's downtown area. The suspect had earlier been described as being a 30-year-old black male, 5'9", wearing a red shirt and a baggy black jacket, with orange or yellow streaks in his hair. The case bears a chilling resemblance to one in Toronto in 2002, when a seven-year-old girl was assaulted by a man hiding in the girls' washroom at her school. With a report from CTV Edmonton's David Ewasuk
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