Rural Alberta Crime

• School shooting threat in northern Alberta leads to teen being charged, gun seized

  A gun was seized from the home of a teenager, who has now been charged with uttering threats after a school shooting threat was made in the Alberta community of Sexsmith.

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  Jun 8
  
• Handcuffed suspect drives stolen Alberta Sheriffs vehicle from Whitecourt to Spruce Grove

  RCMP in western Alberta were led on lengthy late night a pursuit by a suspect, in handcuffs, who was in an Alberta Sheriffs patrol vehicle that was stolen near Whitecourt.

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  Feb 25
  
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• Sleeping man has window shot out during carjacking, 2 arrested after RCMP chase

  Mounties say two 20 year olds are facing multiple charges after they were pursued across rural northeast Alberta following a middle-of-the-night armed carjacking near Edmonton.

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  Jan 26
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• Man facing murder charges after couple dies in shooting on rural Alberta road: Grande Prairie RCMP

  RCMP say a man who was on the run has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after a husband and wife died in a targeted shooting on a rural road near Grande Prairie.

  Crime

  Dec 29, 2025
• 5 RCMP cruisers destroyed in trackhoe rampage, Alberta man charged

  A stolen trackhoe rampage left a business fence and five RCMP cruisers destroyed, and now a suspect accused of previously threatening police is facing even more charges.

  Crime

  May 5, 2025
• Province freezing policing cost increase in rural Alberta for 1 year

  The freeze will be in effect until March 2026, during which time the province said it’ll give municipalities time to determine how to cover policing cost increases going forward.

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  Nov 6, 2024
• 3 Edmonton youths charged with attempted murder after woman attacked near Westlock

  Three Edmonton youths have been charged, and warrants have been issued for a fourth youth, after an 18-year-old woman was attacked near Westlock, Alta.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2024
• Alberta manhunt: RCMP dedicate ‘every resource possible’ to locate suspect evading police

  A manhunt continues for Elijah Blake Strawberry, 28, who police believe is still in Alberta following a deadly shooting last week.

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  Aug 15, 2024
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• Alberta manhunt: 1 murder suspect arrested in Edmonton, other still on the run

  Elijah Blake Strawberry, 28, has been identified as one of the suspects wanted in a rural shooting near Calgary that left a county employee dead and a utility worker injured.

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  Aug 12, 2024
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• Alberta manhunt: Person of interest sought, rural residents asked to look for stolen quad

  Alberta RCMP are asking for the public's help to both identify a person of interest in the Rocky View County homicide and keep an eye out for a stolen quad.

  Crime

  Aug 9, 2024