Author Archives: Charlene Tebbutt

Today, the Canadian Center for Justice Statistics (Stats Canada) released the 2018 Crime Statistics and the Crime Severity Index (CSI) values for Canada. The crime statistics and CSI are formulated to compare the severity of crime and violent crime in roughly 300 communities with populations over 10,000 for 2018. The comparison is based on the ratio of crime versus the population base for a community, as opposed to the totality of crime in communities. Each year, the Prince Albert Police Service carefu ...

The first of two groups participating in the annual Prince Albert River Runners program set off on their canoe trek Monday morning. A total of 21 local youths are participating in this year’s trips along the North Saskatchewan River. Another group is scheduled to take to the water July 29. The youth participants vary in age from 13 to 18 and are partnered with adult chaperones, including several members of the Prince Albert Police Service. The trips involve a three-day, two-night voyage from Fort Ca ...

File 2019-22637 Four people are facing charges following an investigation by the Integrated Street Enforcement Team (ISET). Police executed search warrants at several addresses in the city Wednesday, locating cell phones, a loaded handgun, scales, ammunition and various quantities of marijuana, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Police also seized more than $44,000 in cash during the investigation. Three men, aged 27, 27 and 29 are facing numerous drug and weapons-related charges in relation to this i ...

File #2019-22751 – Search Warrant Members with the Saskatchewan Combined Forces Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) executed a search warrant at a residence on Jack Matheson Crescent just after 9 p.m. Wednesday. Police seized marihuana, gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) – a central nervous system depressant – and 98 grams of cocaine, along with a digital scale, three cell phones, baggies and more than $1,400 in cash during a search of the residence. A 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman are facing charges in relation ...

Prince Albert Police members responded to 121 calls for service from Tuesday to Wednesday morning, including disturbances and intoxicated persons. File # 2019-22589 – Break and Enter A quick response by police to a  a possible break and enter led to multiple weapons and drug charges against a 25-year-old man early Wednesday morning. Police were dispatched to the 1200 Block of Branion Drive just before 1 a.m. Several officers responded to the area and arrested a man riding a bike at a high rate of sp ...