The Weekly Albertan

Edmonton police and St. Albert RCMP arrested two men during a drug bust Dec. 2.

Francois Forestier and Carl Nealon Joseph have been charged with numerous drug offences.

Both men live in Edmonton and are 28-years-old.

They have been released and will appear in St. Albert court Dec. 21.

A suspect in the shooting at a southside Edmonton pub last March has been arrested.

Brock David Chipchura, 29, was being sought after in connection with the shooting and was arrested last Saturday.

One man was shot three times and another man and women suffered minor injuries.

There were 17 outstanding warrants against the top suspect, with eight of them being related to the shooting.

Chipchura faces three counts of aggravated assault with a weapon and several firearm-related offences.

Crown is pushing maximum sentence for two Calgarian men who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent to endanger the public.

Rajbir Dhillon, Crown prosecutor, wants a seven to nine year sentence for Stephen Jonathan Demaer and Anthony Klayton Kuz in the shooting of a rival drug dealer, Jesse Cowan, on July 30. Demaer shot Cowan seven times, but because Cowan ducked down he wasn’t fatally struck by any of the shots.

Defence lawyers for Kuz and Andrews argued the sentence should be in the five to six year range. A date for sentencing will be set on Thursday.

Crown said a Calgary youth should get a 15-month custodial sentence for a crime spree that ended in the death of a 14-year-old boy.

The offender and his victim cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Defence counsel, Derek Lovatt, said no further custody is warranted other than the 93 days the offender served behind bars waiting for the sentence.

The youth pleaded guilty to 23 charges involving an eight-month crime spree and killing his 14-year-old passenger while joyriding.

The 60-year-old man who was critically injured in an assault on Monday passed away in the hospital Tuesday night.

Calgary police are looking for his son who they consider a “person of significant interest” because he was the only individual who was home at the time.

Street preacher acquitted of seven charges by a provincial court judge who viewed the charges as an infringement on freedom of religion and expression.

Art Pawlowski was found not guilty of five City of Calgary bylaw violations and two provincial safety violations. He received many tickets from the City of Calgary regarding his use of loudspeakers to spread his message and ministering without a permit.

Pawlowski continues to preach and feed the homeless downtown, but doesn’t use the loudspeaker anymore.

Violent Calgarian sex offender who was wanted since Oct. 13 was nabbed at a homeless shelter after a worker recognized him and called police Monday.

Dean Robert Zimmerman, 44, gave Abbotsford officers a fake name when they came to question them around 10 p.m. After his identity was confirmed, he was taken into custody.

Zimmerman was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after skipping out on a meeting with Calgary police. It breached the conditions of his prison release, which was two weeks prior. Zimmerman was in federal prison for more than three years for sexual assault involving a weapon and forcible confinement.

In 2001, he went to jail for terrorizing his pregnant wife during an attack at a campsite. Zimmerman forced her to perform sexual acts for 48 hours, broke her nose and threatened to “gut her open and cut the baby out of her”.

In 2005, while he was on statutory release, Zimmerman tied up his friend’s 24-year-old girlfriend and sexually assaulted her for nine hours.

A two-month investigation into cocaine trafficking led to the discovery of drugs, weapons and stolen property in four Calgary homes police raided.

Vutha Kong, 22, Todd Earl Mathisen, 23, James Edgar Lewis, 23, Thi Bich Phuong Le, 51, and David Allen McIntyre, 42, are facing 47 charges in connection with the case. The charges include possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and the possession of weapons.

Officers found 439 grams of ecstacy, 26 grams of cocaine, 75 grams of marijuana, 29.5 grams of hashish, .5 grams of codeine and around $3,500 in cash in the home.

Weapons police found include three samurai swords, two swords, a battle axe, a trident and a duffle bag containing a ski mask, gloves, a change of clothes and a replica handgun. There was a cube van at one of the houses that was full of stolen property.

The investigation is not complete.

A man who allegedly hit a female pedestrian in Edmonton Saturday night faces charges.

Greg Heuser, 49 from Hinton, allegedly ran a red light striking a 19-year-old woman and continued to drag her several metres before she was able to free herself.

She was taken to hospital with several broken bones. Police tracked down the SUV and arrested Heuser at 168 Street and 118 Avenue.

Heuser is charged with dangerous operation causing bodily harm, impaired operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle over the legal limit causing bodily harm, criminal hit and run, and failure to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

A Trout Lake man died Thursday after his cousin allegedly stabbed him in the chest at a party.

Romeo Alook, 35, was arguing with Johnathan Alook, 24, when the younger man allegedly pulled a knife.

RCMP were called in around 1 a.m. Thursday, Romeo Alook was already dead when they arrived on scene.

Johnathan Alook was taken to Edmonton’s University of Alberta Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Johnathan Alook is set to appear in Red Earth Creek court on Dec.15. He was charged with second-degree murder.

Sentencing pushed to next year in a rape and kidnapping case against a Red Deer man because of his psychiatric assessment wasn’t completed.

Gerard John Baumgarte, 57, pleaded guilty last month to six charges including kidnapping and forcible confinement. He was charged in connection with a two-day sex attack against a 16-year-old in February. Baumgarte was supposed to be sentenced Monday in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

A sentence couldn’t be handed down because Baumgarte didn’t undergo a psychiatric assessment that was supposed to be completed on Nov. 30, but there was a backlog at Alberta Hospital. Both sides appear in court on Jan. 11 to set a new date for sentencing.

Baumgarte was dressed in a fake police uniform, had red and blue lights on his car and approached the youth as she was coming home after a trip to the convenience store. He asked about her vehicle registration, asked her to step into his car to get out of the cold, slashed her check leaving a scar and shoved her in the trunk. He raped her seven times at his home the following 46 hours and released her at a shopping mall parking lot.

In a separate trial, he is set to return to court in September in connection with a kidnap and rape. In that case, he is charged with possessing a handgun with readily accessible ammunition and pleaded not guilty.

Man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of his girlfriend and admitted he beat her to death with a garden edger in her Red Deer home.

Brett Donald Jones, 20, dated Teagan Klein for about two months before a heated argument on Feb. 4, 2009. After the argument began, Jones left to smoke a cigarette in the garage. He took a garden edger off the wall and took it to the master bedroom.

As the argument got worse, he took the garden tool and beat the 23-year-old woman to death. An autopsy revealed Klein suffered cuts on her chest, back, left shoulder, on the right side of her head that penetrated her skull, a broken collar bone and multiple broken ribs.

Jones grabbed a half-full bottle of whiskey, keys to Klein’s car and her bank card. He drove to Edmonton where he stopped to use Klein’s bank card to buy cigarettes and items from Tim Hortons.

He went to stay with a friend and told two people that he killed someone with a shovel. Initially, they didn’t believe him. After his friend read an article outlining the murder in Red Deer, he contacted the police. Jones was arrested on Feb. 6, 2009. He confessed to the police and participated in a video-taped re-enactment.

Klein, a mother of a young boy was found, was found dead in her master bedroom after police entered her home.

After completing a psychiatric assessment and a pre-sentence report, Jones will return to Court of Queen’s Bench Red Deer on Feb. 24 for sentencing.

In another case, Jones pleaded guilty Monday to theft over $5,000 and unlawful confinement.

Human trafficking charges were dropped Monday against a Calgary man who allegedly lured young women from other areas of Canada.

Codie Toby Cardinal, aka Brooklyn Cardinal, allegedly lured women with the promise of a modelling career and had them work as prostitutes. The two counts of human trafficking and two counts of benefiting from human trafficking charges were dropped after Shane Parker, the Crown lawyer assigned to the case, said there wasn’t enough evidence to support the human trafficking charges.

Cardinal faces the charges of procuring a person to become a prostitute, living on the avails of prostitution and living on the avails of a prostitute under the age of 18. His next appearance in court is on Dec. 21.

Calgary police are seeking a 30-year-old unnamed man in connection with an assault on his 60-year-old father, which left him critically injured.

The son hasn’t been seen since the assault. Police haven’t released names of people involved with the case, but they released information on the type of car the son drives, the license plate and asked anyone who spots the car to call the police.

At about 1:20 a.m. on Monday, police found the older man “suffering from severe trauma”. He was taken to the hospital where is condition has deteriorated. Police are questioning family members who were in the home.

The 30-year-old isn’t a suspect but he is a “person of significant interest” to the investigators. The investigators allege he knows information about what happened to his father. No one else was in the home at the time of the incident.

An Edmonton lawyer was sentenced to 12 months probation and given a $1,000 fine Friday, for leaving two horses in extreme weather conditions last year.

Frank McKay left the two horses near McBride B.C, last year, after he was stuck in boggy terrain. He said he went back for them weeks later but was unable to get them out of the snow.

 He was in a traffic accident and was unable to help with the mid-December rescue of the horses. The horses were found after a group of snowmobilers came across them.

McKay pleaded guilty to causing distress to an animal under the B.C. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The other two criminal charges he had faced were stayed.

A man, who has been on the run for six years was finally arrested by Lillooet Mounties Friday.

Wayne Bruce Decarie, 38, was being sought after for warrants from B.C., Ont., Alberta and Manitoba. A Canada-wide warrant had been issued from Grande Prairie, where he faces aggravated assault charges.

In Manitoba, he faces trafficking charges. In Surrey, B.C., it is for mischief, impaired driving among others. Brace Bridge, Ont., it is for failure to appear, break and enter, mischief and driving while prohibited.

“Due to Decarie’s known violent history and alleged connections to organized crime, we are pleased that this fugitive is now in police custody after being at large for over six years,” said RCMP Cpl. Darrell Robinson in the press release.

Decarie appears in Kamloops Provincial Court this week.

A 25-year-old man from Grande Prairie faces second-degree murder charges in the death of a two-year-old.

The girl was taken to hospital with critical injuries Tuesday, the next day she was taken to a hospital in Edmonton.

The girl was placed on life-support there and Thursday she was removed from it and died shortly after.

Herbie Giroux is charged with second-degree murder, police won’t comment on the connection between him and the victim.

Giroux will appear in Grande Prairie provincial court Monday.

In an attempt to pull over a van suspected of committing a hit-and-run, a police officer was allegedly dragged by the fleeing driver.

The cop spotted the van and pulled it over on 119 Street, the driver sped away. The officer then returned to his car, followed and pulled the van over again.

The cop tried to reach in and put the vehicle into park when the driver allegedly started to drive away with the officer halfway inside.

Lawrence Matter, 68, is being charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing injury, criminal flight from police, escaping lawful custody and two counts of resisting arrest.

A 37-year-old man led a police chase to Redwater, after allegedly ramming into a cruiser that tried to pull the car over.

Around 3 p.m. Wednesday an officer tried to pull over a Grand Am and was instead of stopping the driver ran into the cruiser and continued on.

The car stopped at 250 Avenue and 34 Street, and when an officer approached the vehicle, the driver accelerated, hitting him and sending him over the hood and to the ground.

The officer was treated at a medical centre and released, he is recovering.

A spike belt was deployed and the chase ended north of Redwater.

Jason Ronald Kult, 37, is charged with criminal hit and run, as well as several other offences.

Three Edmontonian drug dealers sentenced to serve time in prison after being found guilty for conspiracy to traffic cocaine in 2005 and 2006.

John Reginald Alcantara, Nicholas James Roberts and Sean David Critch were sentenced Friday. During the time they dealt cocaine, one kilogram was worth between $26,000 and $27,000.

Alcantara and Roberts were the leaders in the conspiracy. Alcantara was sentenced to 14-years in prison, less five years and two months for time served. Roberts was sentenced to seven-years, less three years and four months for time served. A lower-ranking member, Critch, was sentenced to seven-years, less five years for time served.

Alcantara was found guilty of possessing the proceeds of crime, possession of marijuana and three possession of illegal weapons charges. Roberts was found guilty of trafficking cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking. Critch was found guilty of possessing cocaine for purpose of trafficking, possession of the proceeds of crime and possession of marijuana.

A hunt for a stolen industrial-size generator unveiled a marijuana grow-op in Carmangay, police issued a warrant in connection with the case.

The RCMP’s emergency response team, officers from the Vulcan detachment and investigators from the Lethbridge regional police found the generator Nov. 27 in a small town 60 kilometres north of Lethbridge. The generator is worth more than $140,000.

Police found marijuana plants growing inside the home. With a second warrant, investigators found 650 plants growing inside the home.

An arrest warrant was issued for Bradley Finlay, 36, of Richmond B.C. He is wanted on two counts of possession of property over $5,000, production of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.

A Camrose man was charged with possessing and making available child pornography after an investigation launched by Alberta police in late November.

Steven Mackintosh, 33, was charged after the northern Alberta Integrated Child Exploitation Unit. The authorities launched the investigation after receiving information from authorities in Virginia. Police said the investigation revealed thousands of images of child sexual abuse on the suspect’s computer.

A teen who allegedly shouted death threats at students from Sir Winston Churchill High School is charged with weapons offences.

The 16-year-old was allegedly standing at a nearby strip mall, threatened students leaving school grounds and lifted up his shirt to show the gun he had tucked in his waistband.

He allegedly took a metal pipe from his vehicle and assaulted a 16-year-old before driving away. The victim suffered minor injuries.

Police traced the suspect to a Bowness home and found a pellet gun and a metal pipe. The youth, who cannot be indentified under The Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats to kill and two counts of possession of a weapon or imitation for a dangerous purpose.

A man involved in a car crash that killed 31-year-old Colleen Cappo, faces eight criminal charges for crashing the stolen vehicle.

A police chase ensued before the crash which happened early morning on Feb. 16. The chase went on for more than 20 blocks before the driver lost control and hit a tree.

Jason Charles Francis, 35, is being charged with criminal flight causing death, criminal flight causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, driving while disqualified and possession of a prohibited weapon.

A man who torched his ex-girlfriends SUV in March pleaded guilty to five charges yesterday.

Anthony Zaozirny, 42, decided in a drunken state to set Bernadette Andrejiw’s after seeing her pull up to her house and go in.

Zaozirny grabbed a drill cable from his truck and smashed a hole in the SUV’s windshield. He poured about five litres of gasoline, from a jerry can in his truck, into the SUV and tossed a lit match in.

One of the officers in the two police cruisers heading to the scene saw Zaozirny, in a pickup truck, make an unsafe turn in front of them before crashing into a tree.

Zaozirny had a blood-alcohol level of .13. After an officer discovered the half-empty gas can, he gave a full confession.

He pleaded guilty to arson, impaired driving, failing to comply with an undertaking and two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 12 and a psychiatric assessment, and pre-sentence report were ordered.

New trial for Edmontonian man accused of luring a 12-year-old girl through an internet chat room, the case was acquitted in 2006.

The Supreme Court order a new trial on Thursday for Craig Legare, 37, who posed as a 17-year-old in 2003. Legare had two sexually explicit conversations through a chat room and called her home twice. He told the girl he wanted to perform a sexual act on her.

When she hung up, her father called police. Legare was charged with sexual touching and communicating via the computer for the purpose of facilitating a sexual offence. The case was dismissed because it didn’t fall under the Parliament’s internet luring law, passed in 2002.

In 2008, Alberta’s Court of Appeal ruled the luring law didn’t require physical contact for a crime to be committed and ordered a new trial. The Supreme Court supported the Alberta’s Court of Appeal ruling.

The man who allegedly attacked a taxi driver Tuesday and stole his cab is in police custody and will appear in court on Dec. 8.

Lucas Edgar Reynolds, 27, is facing charges including robbery, assault causing bodily harm, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public and theft over $5,000.

A man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection with an attack on an Edmonton bus driver on Thursday morning.

Police allege Gary Edwin Mattson, 24, spit on the officer who arrested him. Mattson is charged with assaulting a peace officer as a result.

The driver, who worked for Edmonton Transit for 33 years, was unconscious when the ambulance arrived and suffered serious head and facial injuries and needed surgery. Police allege the dispute erupted around 7:30 a.m. over bus fare and the accused appeared to be intoxicated.

Mattson allegedly assaulted the driver, dragged him off the bus and continued to assault him on the side of the road. The suspect ran and was arrested my police nearby.

Woman who was raped after a party in October 2004 “outraged” that Calgary judge dismissed charges in the trail against two alleged attackers.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice P.J. McIntyre dismissed the sexual assault charges against Wesley Keane Sinclair and Kulwinder Singh Rajasansi on Nov. 19 because it took 38 months to get to trial after charges were laid.

Amir Nawaz, 28 at the time, and a man who cannot be identified because he was 15 at the time were convicted of sexual assault.

The Calgary woman, who was 15-years-old at the time, was found in an Erin Woods home unconscious and naked from the waist down. She was taken to the hospital and cannot remember details of the attack.

Lloyd Robertson, chief crown prosecutor in Calgary, said his office is considering an appeal.

“The justice system isn’t fail-proof,” Robertson said.

Staff Sgt. Curtis Olson, sex crimes unit, said the force is concerned about the outcome of this case. He said they are working with crown prosecutors to make sure nothing like this happens again.

Extortionist who tried to get $25,000 from the president of Cedarglen Homes appeared in court Wednesday.

Martin Dale McFadzen, 55, made 18 to 20 calls to Scott Higgins, some threatened attacks on family, business and property. McFadzen began leaving messages April 16, 2007.

On Aug. 9, McFadzen told Higgins to leave $25,000 in a truck parked on the third level of a downtown parkade. Cops left a case containing a key and note telling McFadzen to call a number to get directions on how to get the cash.

He was directed to Market Mall. After being seen opening a designated lock he was arrested. McFadzen will undergo psychiatric assessment before he’s sentenced in March.

Alberta minister’s briefcase containing confidential documents was stolen Tuesday while he was eating lunch in an Edmonton restaurant and forgot to lock the car door.

The briefcase was recovered when Elliott Garnier found it outside his apartment complex around 7:30 p.m. With two others, he checked inside the briefcase and realized it belonged to Sustainable Resource Minister Ted Morton.

Garnier, an associate producer and technician with CBC Radio, attempted to contact Morton through phone and email. After there was no response on either front, he contacted police.

Police arrived two hours later and got a statement from Garnier. Morton said all documents were accounted for and the only thing missing was a silver key chain.

“I won’t downplay for a moment that any minister, including myself, who has documents like that should have been more careful than I was last night,” Garnier said in an interview with CBC News.

RCMP were surprised as the number of hit-and-runs in Red Deer doubles. According to statistics, most of the hit-and runs occurred in parking lots. Out of the 37 accidents last week, 63 per cent were hit-and-runs.

Cpl. Kathe Deheer said it might be related to busy Christmas shoppers.

A Red Deer man charged with three counts of fraud over $5,000 allegedly defrauded his employer of $200,000.

Mounties allege Rodney Crabtree, 38, was falsifying invoices and contracts. He has been under investigation since May, a month after he began working for the company.

Woman who posed as a hair stylist faces several human trafficking and prostitution charges after allegedly selling two women to police for $8,000.

Investigators began watching Linh Quy To, 52, on Sept. 15 after coming across an advertisement offering the exchange of sex with underage Asian women for money.

Police allege the advertisement lead to three houses where prostitution and was taking place. Alternatives Hair Design in Calgary was allegedly used to front the activities.

In a separate case, Calgarian Codie Tobie Cardinal, 38, faces human trafficking and prostitution-related charges. Tobie is also charged under the Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act.

The investigation was launched on Nov. 20 when a 17-year-old girl was apprehended. Police suspected she was being sexually exploited.

She led officers to a northwest hotel where they discovered three women aged 16, 17 and 20. None of the four women are facing charged.

Tobie allegedly used social networking sites to lure women to Calgary with the promise of a modeling career. He then allegedly advertised in an online classified service and had them work as prostitutes.

A 17-year-old appears in court on Dec. 8 to face a first-degree murder charge in connection with a stabbing of a 46-year-old man.

The victim, who cannot be identified, was injured in his home on Saturday at 11 a.m. and was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. He died on Tuesday.

The youth, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was arrested at the scene.

“The stabbing was not a random incident and the victim and the suspect were known to each other,” police said in a statement.

A Bosco teen, involved in a double homicide on June 1, is now being charged with first-degree murder instead of accessory to murder.

Susan Trudel, 50, and Barry Boenke, 68, were found dead in June on Boenke property east of Sherwood Park. RCMP looked in on the owner of a stolen truck that had been recovered in Edmonton.

Two boys, 14 at the time, had alledgedely killed Boenke and Trudal and then stolen Boenke’s truck. The teens were caught in Edmonton after a dangerous driving complaint had been filed against them around 2:45 a.m.

The upgraded charges come as the investigation continues into the murder.

A man has been charged after a fatal hunting accident that happened near Bentley Sunday afternoon.

Emergency personal received a call around 4:17 p.m. The man who is believed to have fired the shot performed CPR and first aid with the help of 911 operators.

Herbert Stanley Meister, 57, of Lacombe has been charged with criminal negligence. Philip Moore, 55, was fatally shot in the abdomen while out hunting 13 kilometres west of Bentley.

It is believed that two shots were fired from a .308-calibre rifle in Moore’s direction after he was allegedly mistaken for a deer.

Moore was pronounced dead by the paramedics when they arrived to the scene.

Meister appeared before the Red Deer provincial court today and is set to appear again Wednesday.

A man, who faces criminal charges in the death of a teenager on Sept. 7, has reserved his plea until January.

James Alexander Rose, 41, of Rocky Mountain House faces charges of criminal negligence causing death, manufacture of a prohibited device and careless use of a prohibited device.

Tanner Mayer, 15, is believed to have picked up what looked like a pen, the discharger went off and Mayer was struck at close range in the chest. He later died in the hospital.

Rose’s lawyer said that he was not yet ready to enter a plea. Rose is set to appear in Rocky provincial court on Jan. 6.

Thomas Innerebner, 52, faces eight counts of touching children under 14 for a sexual purpose and nine counts of sexual assault.

Dave Hill, crown prosecutor, said there will be 20 witness including seven alleged child victims.

Innerebner’s lawyer, Brian Beresh, said in an opening statement that his client’s contact might have been misinterpreted.

“The defence position is Mr. Innerebner never sexually assaulted anyone,” Beresh said.

The trial is expected to last two weeks.

Early Tuesday morning, an Edmonton cab driver was assaulted and his taxi was stolen after giving a man a ride.

At around 3:50 a.m. the driver picked up the man. When he dropped the man off, the man allegedly threatened the driver with a knife and demanded cash.

The cab driver fought off the man and escaped. Then the man drove off in the cab, which was recovered later Tuesday morning. Police are looking for a man around 30-years-old, average height and stocky build.

Victim of a gunshot wound to the head in Edmonton on Sunday was identified as 23-year-old Robleh Ali Mohamed.

Police responded to reports of gunshots and found Mohamed’s body in the driver’s seat of a car parked in the alley. A motive hasn't been established by the police.

An Edmonton veteran police officer was found guilty Tuesday for obstruction of justice and breach of trust for interfering in an impaired driving case.

Det. Wallace James MacNeil’s son, 20-years-old at the time, was arrested for impaired driving in February 2005.

MacNeil sent requests to the province and to Edmonton Police case management for his son’s driver’s license suspension be lifted. At the bottom of both forms he typed the name of another police officer.

MacNeil has been suspended without pay from the Edmonton Police Service since being charged in August 2007. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 17.

The crimes include three break-ins to pay for her crack addiction and taking part in the mugging of a 92-year-old woman, Gertrude Gerritsen.

On June 17, Lemire drove a fellow crack addict to Southcentre Mall. The passenger asked her to stop in the parking lot, got out, knocked Gerritsen to the ground and stole her purse.

The senior suffered severe injuries from being knocked to the ground. Adam May, crown prosecutor, said Lemire wasn’t aware her passenger intended to rob Gerritsen.

“What I was doing was certainly going to lead me to death,” Lemire told Sean Dunnigan, provincial court judge. She said she was sorry for her criminal behaviour and she won’t continue to use drugs.

Kadmina Pierre Kalala has been detained on a manslaughter charge and was denied bail Tuesday. There was a publication ban on the hearing and the judge’s reasons for denying Kalala’s release.

Kalala was charged April 13 in connection with the death of a Calgary toddler, two-year-old Jaden Tshimanga on March 9.

Homicide Staff Sgt. Kevin Forsen said the child died of blunt-force trauma.

Kalala will remain in custody until the five-day hearing, which is set to begin on June 7.

An alleged neo-Nazi youth appeared in court for the first time Monday for a bombing that could have turned deadly.

The youth cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He faces six charges including two counts of attempted murder.

He is charged in connection with two bombs that went off harmlessly in a parking lot. The bombs were found by tenants and were tossed into the parking lot.

His co-accused, Aryan Guard founder Kyle Robert McKee, is wanted on Canada-wide warrants for attempted murder. McKee, 24, evaded arrest after being pulled over by Mounties in Saskatchewan last Wednesday.

The Mountie was checking his name when McKee drove off with the youth inside the vehicle. The youth remains in custody and was arrested in Portage La Prairie, Man.

Calgary man charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder appeared in court for the first time Monday morning.

James Bing Jun Louie appeared by closed-circuit television from the remand centre. In his Panorama Hills home, he was arrested Friday night in connection with the murder of his children Jason, 13, and Jane, 9.

After a frantic 911 call, believed to be from the children’s mother, police arrived on the scene within 16 minutes and kicked down the door.

At around 9 p.m. police discovered the body of Jason. Officers found Louie and his wife Ying engaged in a physical struggle.

Ying was taken to the Peter Lougheed Centre with non-life-threatening injuries and Louie was taken into custody. When police searched the home they found the Jane’s body.

“It is our firm belief that the rapid intervention of our officers interrupted a potential homicide,” Chief Rick Hanson said Friday in a briefing with reporters.

“I’m very impressed with the way they responded, the way they reacted, the actions they took and the fact that they saved a life,” Hanson told reporters Saturday.

Louie’s next court appearance is Dec. 14.

Police believe Humpty’s shooting on Friday is drug related.

“We don’t believe this is random in nature,” Staff Sgt. Don Coleman said.

A minivan pulled into the parking lot of the Humpty’s on Macleod Tr. and 25^th Ave. and fired several rounds at the car. After going through the passenger door, a bullet struck the man.

The 24-year-old victim was treated for a single gunshot wound to the chest after his friend drove him to the hospital.

Two fans watching the Grey Cup at McMahon stadium were charged with assault against a police officer and drug possession. Seven people will appear in court for offenses including bringing alcohol into the stadium. Warnings for rowdy behaviour were given to another 25 fans.

Darren Coupal, a drunk hit and run motorist, defecated in his pants when he was arrested April 30, 2008. Coupal was approached by police in his Bridlewood home after the he hit three people and killed one.

Coupal plead guilty to five charges including impaired driving causing death. The crash killed Linda Davey and badly injured the passengers in her car.

Coupal appears in court in February.

A northwest Edmonton home was raided late Monday night. The raid happened around 12:30 a.m. and it took officers until late in the afternoon to clear all substances from the home.

RCMP had investigated the home for two months before the raid.

Ketamine is known on the streets as ‘Special K’ and the amount the police seized would equal close to 380,000 doses.

Tu Thanh Nguyen, 27, is charged with three counts of possession and appears before the courts on Dec. 2.

Edmonton: Police responded to a call about shots fired in downtown Edmonton early this morning.

The incident happened shortly before 2 a.m. and two males were seen fleeing a house party near the area where the shots were fired.

The men reportedly fired shots as they ran, though no one was injured. Two men were arrested on unrelated charges by the responding officers.

No weapons charges have been laid and the gunfire is still under investigation.

Red Deer: A 21-year-old Red Deer man charged with aggravated assault is to return to court Friday over an alleged stabbing incident that took place last Saturday.

Keenan Timothy Eagles was charged after a man in his 20s was allegedly stabbed around 4:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Eagles’ is to enter a plea Friday on his three charges which include assault with a weapon and breaching probation.

One man was wounded during the altercation and another was threatened. The stabbing victim was taken to Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Red Deer: A man has been charged after a fatal hunting accident that happened near Bentley Sunday afternoon.

Emergency personal received a call around 4:17 p.m. The man who is believed to have fired the shot performed CPR and first aid with the help of 911 operators.

Herbert Stanley Meister, 57, of Lacombe has been charged with criminal negligence. Philip Moore, 55, was fatally shot in the abdomen while out hunting 13 kilometres west of Bentley.

It is believed that two shots were fired from a .308-calibre rifle in Moore’s direction after he was allegedly mistaken for a deer.

Moore was pronounced dead by the paramedics when they arrived to the scene.

Meister appeared before the Red Deer provincial court today and is set to appear again Wednesday.

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Edmonton: RCMP made one of the biggest ketamine drug busts in Alberta’s history, seizing over 19 kilograms.

A northwest Edmonton home was raided late Monday night. The raid happened around 12:30 a.m. and it took officers until late in the afternoon to clear all substances from the home.

RCMP had investigated the home for two months before the raid.

Ketamine is known on the streets as ‘Special K’ and the amount the police seized would equal close to 380,000 doses.

Tu Thanh Nguyen, 27, is charged with three counts of possession and appears before the courts on Dec. 2.

Edmonton: Police responded to a call about shots fired in downtown Edmonton early this morning.

The incident happened shortly before 2 a.m. and two males were seen fleeing a house party near the area where the shots were fired.

The men reportedly fired shots as they ran, though no one was injured. Two men were arrested on unrelated charges by the responding officers.

No weapons charges have been laid and the gunfire is still under investigation.

Red Deer: A 21-year-old Red Deer man charged with aggravated assault is to return to court Friday over an alleged stabbing incident that took place last Saturday.

Keenan Timothy Eagles was charged after a man in his 20s was allegedly stabbed around 4:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Eagles’ is to enter a plea Friday on his three charges which include assault with a weapon and breaching probation.

One man was wounded during the altercation and another was threatened. The stabbing victim was taken to Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Akif and Bushra Amin, landlords of the home where a fire broke out Jan. 26, plead guilty today to several Public Health Act and Safety Code Act violations. The fire killed the three occupants living in the basement, Tiffany Cox, 19, Jonathan St. Pierre, 19, and Colleen Mantei, 23.

The windows in the suite were less than half the size of the minimum standard and had bars screwed in, which may have been a factor in preventing the chance to escape. They also did not have a smoke alarm installed.

The Amin’s, a mother and son stated that they were unaware at the time what all the rules were. Robert O’Neill, crown prosecutor said in a Global interview that not knowing the rules is no excuse.

The judge gave the Amin’s the maximum fine allowed by law, which works out to almost $90,000.

Tiffany’s mother Mitzi Halliday said “it’s disgusting,” and that you can not put a price on their children’s lives, in a Global interview.