Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Pelican Narrows officer re-assigned as RCMP review online video, launch investigation
After a video of a police officer yelling expletives and threatening remarks surfaced on social media over the weekend, the Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed the Mountie was re-assigned pending an inte...
Jul 02, 2019 An officer pulls his weapon and uses threatening language toward a suspect in Pelican Narrows. This is a screenshot from a video taken of the incident and posted online. Police say a machete was seized during one of three incidents involving the officer they are reviewing. (Facebook)
Two businesses vandalized in Greenwater Provincial Park, youths in custody
Two businesses were broken into and vandalized in Greenwater Provincial Park throughout the night of Monday, July 1.Greenwater RCMP confirmed to northeastNOW that two youths are in custody as a result...
Jul 02, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
RCMP looking for suspects in armed robbery in Leroy
RCMP in Humboldt are looking for the suspects and a vehicle in connection to an armed robbery in Leroy.Police report late night Friday, June 28, in the 100 block of First Avenue, two men were approach...
Jul 01, 2019 Police have released this sketch of a suspect. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Officer appears to utter threats during arrest
RCMP say the language used by one of their officers is "concerning" following the arrest of a suspect in Pelican Narrows early Sunday morning. That language appears to include an officer uttering thre...
Jul 01, 2019 A screen shot of a video posted to social media includes audio of an officer using language RCMP have labelled concerning. (Facebook)
Local farmer given 10-year prohibition from owning cattle
A Porcupine Plain farmer will pay a $7,000 fine and is prohibited from possessing cattle for the next 10 years after he was convicted of causing distress to his cattle.Judge Inez Cardinal completed he...
Jun 26, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
Crown appeals acquittal in murder conspiracy case
The case against former lovers, convicted and later acquitted, in an alleged plot to kill their spouses has entered a new chapter in court.Saskatchewan's Attorney General has decided to appeal the acq...
Jun 25, 2019 Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson may be back in court again. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Beatty man accused in police pursuit released on bail
A 24-year-old man from Beatty, Sask. was granted bail in Melfort Provincial Court.Justin Umperville was released on a $500 non-cash recognizance on Tuesday, June 25. Candace Bodnar, a defence lawyer f...
Jun 25, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Utah anglers net more than $6,000 in fines after overfishing
Eight Utah anglers are on the hook for more than $6,000 in fines after conservation officers confiscated 51 walleye at a float plane base in La Ronge. That's according to the Ministry of Environment, ...
Jun 25, 2019 These fillets were seized from the anglers and later donated to Scattered Site Outreach Program. (Government of Saskatchewan/Facebook)
Local farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to cattle
A Porcupine Plain farmer was found guilty of two counts related to causing distress to his cattle.Judge Inez Cardinal convicted Alex Potoreyko of wilfully causing unnecessary pain and suffering to his...
Jun 19, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
Beatty man charged after police pursuit
A 24-year-old man from Beatty, Sask. has been charged after an incident on Sunday, June 16.Shortly before 8 a.m., Melfort RCMP received reports of a dangerous driver in the east end of Melfort knock o...
Jun 18, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)