Menu

Topics

Connect

Comments

Comments closed.

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.

Please see our Commenting Policy for more.

Grande Prairie man charged with murder in weekend death

WATCH ABOVE: A 31-year-old Grande Prairie man has been charged in the death of Pierre Quesnel who died on Saturday in the northern Alberta city – Feb 18, 2019

A Grande Prairie man has been charged with murder in connection to a death in the northwestern Alberta city over the weekend.

Story continues below advertisement

Late Saturday afternoon, Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a report of an altercation near 100 Avenue and 92 Street.

READ MORE: Man, 48, dies in Grande Prairie following altercation, RCMP investigating

Police said Pierre Quesnel, 48, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he died a short time later.

Grande Prairie resident Trevor Eldon Martineau, 31, was arrested at the scene, and on Sunday, charged with second degree murder in Quesnel’s death.

READ MORE: RCMP investigating altercation, suspicious death in Grande Prairie

Martineau was also charged with assault causing bodily harm, theft under $5,000, and two counts of breach of probation.

RCMP said Martineau will remain in police custody until a bail hearing on March 11 in Grande Prairie Provincial Court.

WATCH BELOW: Community leaders join RCMP at public forum addressing rural crime in northern Alberta

Advertisement

You are viewing an Accelerated Mobile Webpage.

View Original Article