Medicine Hat Crime

• Medicine Hat man charged with kidnapping after woman says she was held in vehicle against her will

  A 65-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping after a woman reported being held against her will in a vehicle in the Medicine Hat area.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2023
  
• Court hears appeal of Alberta man found guilty of murder, extortion

  Robert Hoefman was convicted of first-degree murder and extortion by a jury in Medicine Hat, Alta., in 2021.

  Crime

  Jan 13, 2023
  
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• RCMP charge Medicine Hat man with 2nd-degree murder after 2-year investigation

  At the time, police said the death of the man was suspicious and the Alberta RCMP major crimes unit took over the investigation.

  Crime

  Jan 17, 2022
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• New property crime unit in southeast Alberta leads to 73 arrests, more than 250 charges since April

  According to ALERT, the Southeast Alberta Property Crime Unit has recovered $34,000 worth of drugs and more than $240,000 worth of stolen goods since April.

  Crime

  Aug 18, 2020
• 4 arrested after drug bust near Medicine Hat

  Police arrested four people and seized an estimated $20,000 worth of drugs in a bust on June 3.

  Crime

  Jun 8, 2020
• 4 Medicine Hat men arrested on child pornography charges: ICE Unit

  ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit has arrested four men in connection with a variety of child sexual exploitation offenses in Medicine Hat.

  Crime

  May 21, 2020
• Drugs, rifle, machete seized and 5 people facing charges after southern Alberta drug investigation

  Five people have been charged after drugs, cash and several weapons were seized from a home in southern Alberta.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2019
• Man trying to use stolen credit card arrested by Alberta police officer behind him in line

  It may just be one of the quickest arrests police have ever made in the province.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2019
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• 1 arrested after large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl seized in Medicine Hat

  Nearly 200 grams of methamphetamine and 67 grams of fentanyl were seized during the July 22 warranted searches.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2019
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• Medicine Hat man facing hate crime, firearms charges

  A southern Alberta man is facing a number of charges, including inciting hate in public, after police were called to a Medicine Hat business.

  Crime

  Aug 7, 2018