Newfoundland Crime

• RCMP looking for man wanted in Alberta and Newfoundland after he fled from officers

  Police in Newfoundland have issued an arrest warrant for a man also wanted in Alberta for charges including unauthorized possession of a firearm.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2022
  
• N.L. police charge two men after investigation finds robbery was a hoax

  The force says an investigation has since revealed that the cashier and an acquaintance staged the incident.

  Crime

  Oct 12, 2019
  
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• Sex doll is three-dimensional child pornography, prosecutors tell man’s trial

  Kenneth Harrisson testified Monday that he did not intend to have sex with the doll and that he had ordered it for companionship to replace his son, who died as an infant.

  Crime

  May 7, 2019
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• Military reservist charged after allegations of sexual misconduct in St. John’s

  Charges were officially laid on March 16 after an investigation by the Canadian Armed Forces investigative branch. 

  Crime

  Mar 19, 2019
• Newfoundland murder trial considers letter by man charged in daughter’s death

  The letter was entered as evidence Monday at the first-degree murder trial of Trent Butt, who has pleaded not guilty to killing killing his five-year-old daughter Quinn in April 2016.

  Crime

  Mar 11, 2019
• N.L. RCMP investigating after fentanyl-laced bubble gum found near overdose victim

  The gum tested positive for fentanyl, a particularly potent narcotic that can be fatal in small amounts.

  Crime

  Feb 4, 2019
• N.L. judge ‘felt bound’ to give shorter jail term to man who sexually assaulted 14-year-old

  Judge Wayne Gorman found seven years of imprisonment was an appropriate sentence given the "horrendous nature" of the man's crimes but felt obligated to follow a joint submission from the defence and Crown.

  Crime

  Nov 6, 2018
• ‘Everyone’s scared’: Newfoundland students protest after alleged sex offender returns to school

  Stress is running high at Stephenville High School, named for the pretty seaside town of 8,000 people in southwestern Newfoundland.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2018
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• Newfoundland man jailed 9 months for extorting ex-girlfriend with nude photos

  Kyle Stephen Hunt threatened to post nude photos of his ex-girlfriend and photos of them having sex, to Facebook after she broke up with him.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2017
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• Driver owes $158K in fines: ‘You never know what you’re going to find’

  The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the 33-year-old man was allegedly caught driving with a suspended driver's licence and no insurance on Thursday morning in St. John's.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2017