Cop killer Foulston back in jail, facing charges

EDMONTON – A man convicted in the 1990 killing of an Edmonton police officer is back in jail and faces charges.

Albert Foulston was arrested on Tuesday.

Edmonton police could not confirm how many charges Foulston faces or the nature of them.

Foulston was convicted of manslaughter in the 1990 shooting death of 33-year-old of Const. Ezio Faraone, a 10-year veteran with the police service.

Foulston was most recently released from prison in August 2011 on a mandatory statutory release.

Foulston’s partner, Jerry Crews, shot Faraone after the pair robbed a bank and encountered the officer in an alley on June 25, 1990. Crews was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and weapons charges and was handed a life sentence without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Foulston was given 20 years for manslaughter and robbery and was first eligible for statutory release in 2004 after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

He has a constant history of parole violations.

Foulston’s previous statutory release was revoked in January 2011 after only four months. During that time, he had been caught driving without a licence three times and admitted to a police officer he had been drinking, a violation of his conditions. Foulston was also caught spending time with a known criminal. In 2005, he left the Matsqui Institute near Abbotsford, B.C., but breached the terms of his release within less than 24 hours by using drugs.

Two years after his killing, a statue of Faraone was erected on the north side of the High Level Bridge in a park that bears his name.