12 h. ago Crown seeks prison time for Edmonton police officer who sought sex from victims of crime

If Crown prosecutors have their way, an Edmonton police officer who used his job to pursue vulnerable women for sex will serve time behind bars. The defence, on the other hand, says it would be wrong to imprison a man whose misbehaviour can be attributed, in part, to post-traumatic stress stemming from his military service […]

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33 h. ago Police arrest three people after man shot at Kingway LRT station: EPS

Police have arrested three suspects after a shooting in central Edmonton on Monday morning. At roughly 9 a.m. officers responded to the Kingsway LRT station in the area of 111 Avenue after a report of an assault, said an EPS spokesperson in an email to Postmedia. Police located a man who had been shot. He […]

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33 h. ago Police arrest three people after man shot at Kingsway LRT station: EPS

Police have arrested three suspects after a shooting in central Edmonton on Monday morning. At roughly 9 a.m. officers responded to the Kingsway LRT station in the area of 111 Avenue after a report of an assault, said an EPS spokesperson in an email to Postmedia. Police located a man who had been shot. He […]

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34 h. ago Motorcyclist given conditional sentence for hitting Edmonton police officer, fleeing scene

A motorcyclist who broke an Edmonton police officer’s leg in a bid to escape a traffic stop has narrowly avoided jail time. Dominic Di Cesare, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of failing to remain at the scene of an accident that caused injury, admitting he clipped EPS Sgt. Eric Duff while speeding through […]

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60 h. ago Two men arrested, warrants issued for a third in northeast Edmonton homicide

Edmonton police have charged three men in the murder of a 32-year-old man found dead in the northeast part of the city last month. Sukhvir Singh was found dead around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 near 17 Street and Yellowhead Trail. His death was declared suspicious, and an autopsy was held Mar. 5. “The cause […]

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3 d. ago Former Edmonton police employee charged with luring, sexually assaulting teenage boy

A former civilian employee of the Edmonton Police Service is facing several charges of sex crimes against a minor after allegedly luring a 14-year-old boy through a social media app. In a news release Friday, Edmonton police said the case stems back to summer 2024 when officers received an allegation that a minor had been […]

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4 d. ago Two Vancouver nightclub employees charged in drug trafficking probe

According to Vancouver police, a tipster contacted investigators in December 2023, alleging drug trafficking was happening at a nightclub located in the Marpole neighbourhood.

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4 d. ago Former Edmonton police staffer charged with child sex assault, porn offences

The EPS child protection section determined a suspect had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy after meeting him through Snapchat.

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4 d. ago Judge won’t review decision not to charge Edmonton officer who kicked teen’s head in

Pacey Dumas, then 18, sustained life-threatening injuries after he was given a 'soccer ball' style kick to the head in 2020 by Edmonton Police Service Const. Ben Todd.

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5 d. ago Court declines to review Crown's decision not to prosecute Edmonton police officer who kicked Pacey Dumas in the head

A judge has declined to review the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to prosecute an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager in the head, finding there is no evidence of an “abuse of process” justifying the “extremely rare” step. Last week, Court of King’s Bench Justice Michael Kraus dismissed an application from […]

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1 week ago Woman dead after being struck by pickup in southeast Edmonton

Police are investigating after a driver hit a woman crossing a road in south Edmonton Friday evening.  The 21-year-old woman died at the scene after a pickup truck struck her while she crossed on a green light at Hewes Way and 23 Avenue, the Edmonton Police Service said in a Saturday morning news release.  Speed […]

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1 week ago Man shot by Edmonton police believed to have killed gangster same day: ASIRT

A man that was found in a stolen car and later killed by Edmonton police on New Year's Eve in 2021 is believed to have also killed a Redd Alert gang member earlier that same day.

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1 week ago US charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cybercrime campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Chinese nationals, including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company, have been charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. agencies and universities, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. A set of criminal cases filed in New York and Washington add new detail […]

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2 w. ago Police seek tips to help identify man who died in central Edmonton last year

It is our hope that this tool and approach will help bring this man’s friends and family some measure of resolution.”

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2 w. ago No charges to be laid in homicide of teenage boy at MacEwan LRT station

While the death of a teenage boy stabbed during a fight on a LRT platform was a homicide, Edmonton police say no charges related to this death will be laid due to how it happened.

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2 w. ago How to protect yourself from fraudsters: Edmonton law enforcement 

With fraud costing Canadians billions of dollars each year, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and its community partners are launching Fraud Prevention Month with an event aimed at educating the public on common scams and how to avoid them. The campaign started Monday at the Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre, where officials from EPS, RCMP, […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton police give update on statue theft, say it likely used ‘specialized cutting tools’

In 2021, the Emily Murphy statue was defaced with red paint.

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2 w. ago The Edmonton recipe for fixing urban ills: ‘Every crisis creates an opportunity’

Edmonton police tamed the city's encampments by not doubling down 'on stuff that doesn't work,' says their former chief, now Alberta's top bureaucrat

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2 w. ago Edmonton's Emily Murphy Park statue stolen leaving nothing but her shoes

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is on the lookout for prominent historical figure Emily Murphy following the recent theft of her statue from the park in the Edmonton river valley Tuesday. When City of Edmonton park workers were conducting routine maintenance they were greeted by a notable absence at Emily Murphy Park near the south […]

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2 w. ago Woman found dead in northeast Edmonton was shot to death: police

Police have not said if they have identified a suspect or suspects in the killing.

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