Edmonton Crime

• Former soldier with PTSD one of 2 deaths at Edmonton Remand Centre in 2 days

  Nathaniel Burchat was in remand awaiting trial for assault charges when a fight with another inmate left the former soldier dead — one of two deaths in two days at the jail.

  Crime

  Dec 20
  
• Inmate dead after fight at Edmonton Remand Centre, charges pending

  Edmonton Remand Centre inmate Nathaniel Burchat, 26, died from a blunt head injury after a fight with another inmate at the jail on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

  Crime

  Dec 19
  
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• Edmonton porch pirate foiled by poopy surprise

  Porch piracy is universally reviled, and, in Edmonton, one of those would-be thieves got a taste of their own medicine Tuesday morning — though it was completely by accident.

  Consumer

  Dec 17
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• Crime, disrepair documented at central Edmonton apartment where security guard killed

  Tenants living in a central Edmonton apartment building where a security guard was killed describe the Central McDougall area as problematic and worry about what could happen next.

  Crime

  Dec 13
• Vigil held for slain Edmonton security guard as suspect criminal histories come to light

  NorQuest College students paid tribute Harshandeep Singh, a business administration student who was working as a security guard while aspiring to become a police officer.

  Crime

  Dec 12
• No day parole for Travis Vader, who still denies murdering Lyle and Marie McCann

  Travis Vader was found guilty of manslaughter in 2017 and sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, with the chance to apply for parole in seven years.

  Crime

  Dec 12
• $40K in designer bags, luxury goods stolen from Edmonton consignment store

  "You don't do this to businesses like us, where we are all small businesses trying to thrive," Owner Yardley Uy explained when she found dozens of her luxury goods went missing.

  Crime

  Dec 11
• No charges in double fatal Edmonton police shooting that left innocent man dead

  ASIRT has released its report into the Feb. 2022 shooting involving EPS and an armed robbery suspect, in which James Hanna was killed when bullets came through his apartment wall.

  Crime

  Dec 11
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• Slain Edmonton security guard had only been working 3 days: family spokesperson

  A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover the costs of sending Singh's body back to India for his last rites.

  Crime

  Dec 9
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• Edmonton police renew call for tips on anniversary of unsolved toddler homicide

  The boy was found in found in medical distress on Dec. 6, 2020 at a home in the Ellerslie area and died later that day at the Stollery Children's Hospital.

  Crime

  Dec 6