Edmonton judge sentences man to 5-1/2 years in prison for child porn offences
An Edmonton man who took pornographic pictures of several children was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison Friday and told to get help for his “sickness.” Jamie Lee Boileau, 35, earlier pleaded guilty...
View ArticleWhyte Avenue gunman sent to prison after court told he lays most of the blame...
An Edmonton man was sent to prison Friday for shooting a stranger during an argument outside a Whyte Avenue bar. Omar Seifeddine, 24, was sentenced to 3-1/2 years after earlier pleading guilty in...
View ArticleAccused killer tells all in Mr. Big sting, then backtracks, after realizing...
An Edmonton man confessed during a Mr. Big sting operation to killing his girlfriend, then denied everything after realizing the supposed gangsters were police. Testifying Friday at the first-degree...
View ArticleTrial begins in Edmonton fatal hit and run of teen mom
Edmonton fatal hit-and-run victim Faith Jackson would have celebrated her 22nd birthday on Tuesday. Instead, the parents of the single mother marked the occasion by sitting in court as a trial began...
View Article'Law of the Wild West': Five-year prison term for attack that left Alberta...
A “cowardly” beating by a spurned lover in a rural love triangle that led to a horse farrier suffering a permanent brain injury has resulted in a farmer being sent to prison. Brant Dallas Laczo, 52,...
View ArticleTravis Vader's Edmonton murder trial crawls towards the finish line
The Travis Vader murder trial is slowly moving towards the finish line with the judge in the case speaking Thursday about potential dates for closing arguments and an ultimate decision. After noting...
View ArticleArmed home invasion nets Edmonton man six-year sentence
An Edmonton man was handed a six-year prison sentence Friday for his part in an armed home invasion where an unsuspecting couple was left traumatized and injured. Steven Christopher Paul, 28, earlier...
View ArticleEdmonton stepfather imprisoned for 'odious' sexual abuse over seven years
An Edmonton man was put behind bars Friday for repeatedly sexually abusing and impregnating a vulnerable teenaged girl he took in as his stepdaughter after her own father died. The 57-year-old, who can...
View ArticleKiller in Edmonton drug deal gone bad sent to prison for six years
An Edmonton drug dealer who stabbed to death a Cape Breton father of two in a drug deal gone bad has been put behind bars. Daryle Victor Kidder, 37, was handed a six-year prison term Thursday after...
View ArticleAustralian psychiatrist accused of West Edmonton Mall washroom voyeurism...
An Australian psychiatrist arrested and charged for allegedly recording a child in a West Edmonton Mall washroom earlier this month is seeking to be released on bail. Dr. Aaron Voon, 41, appeared by...
View ArticleEdmonton man sentenced to five years in prison for deadly parkade attack
An Edmonton man has been sentenced to five years in prison for stomping a helpless unconscious man who died. Cody Dillion Quinn, 21, earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his part in the brutal...
View ArticleEdmonton lawyer who sped through two red lights fined for dangerous driving
An Edmonton defence lawyer was fined $1,950 Tuesday, admitting in court he ran two red lights and drove 70 km/h over the speed limit. Hasaan (Sam) Jomha, 38, was also banned from driving for 90 days,...
View ArticleAccused West Edmonton Mall theatre voyeur freed on bail, allowed to return to...
An Australian psychiatrist arrested and charged for allegedly recording a child in a West Edmonton Mall washroom was ordered released on $75,000 bail Thursday. Provincial court Judge Jody Moher also...
View ArticleEdmonton doctor convicted of sexually assaulting one co-worker, assaulting...
An Edmonton doctor was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting a nurse at a Medicentre he worked at and physically assaulting a manager at a different clinic. It is the second time Dr. Ismail Taher,...
View ArticleBoy who drowned left unattended at pool, Edmonton caregiver tells fatality...
A former Edmonton group home caregiver admitted in court Thursday she had left unattended a seven-year-old boy who drowned in a north-side public pool. Testifying at an provincial court fatality...
View ArticleEdmonton mother of six sent to prison for violent carjacking
An Edmonton mother of six who went off the rails after her husband committed suicide was put behind bars Friday for an armed carjacking involving “unspeakable violence.” April Stuart, 37, was handed a...
View ArticleGuilty plea from man who took Edmonton carpet-cleaning truck on drunken ride
An Edmonton man admitted in court Friday to drunkenly stealing a carpet-cleaning truck that had been in operation and then driving badly through the city with hoses dangling from the vehicle. Court...
View Article80-year-old Edmonton man given probation for drunk-driving death
An 80-year-old Edmonton man avoided being jailed Monday after admitting to fatally hitting a 64-year-old grandmother in a crosswalk while driving drunk. Anton Magas was given a one-day sentence, which...
View ArticleCrown seeks jail sentence in Edmonton cat-cooking case
It is up to a judge whether an Edmonton man who admitted stealing a cat, stabbing it to death and cutting it into pieces to “cook it up” over a fire should be jailed. The Crown argued Monday that...
View ArticleEdmonton woman admits in court her break-in, sexual assault claims to police...
An Edmonton woman admitted in court Monday that reports she made to police about being tied up and sexually assaulted by an armed intruder were not true. However, Heather Ann Marchand, 35, is not...
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