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A serial romance scammer was declared a dangerous offender in an Edmonton courtroom Friday. The Alberta man defrauded victims of nearly $200,000. The justice believes he won’t change his behaviour, which is part of her reason for handing him a prison sentence with no end date. Fifty-five-year-old Jeffrey Paul Kent has more than a dozen…
An Edmonton Police Service officer was acquitted by a jury on Wednesday, after he was accused of assaulting a man with a baton while trying to arrest him more than five years ago. Const. Alexander (Alex) Doduk was found not guilty of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm in connection with an…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A young woman from northern Saskatchewan hasn’t been seen or heard from in a month and now, the Edmonton Police Service is investigating her disappearance as suspicious in nature. Natanis Merasty, 24, is from La Ronge, Sask. but was in Edmonton last month. She was reportedly last…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than four years after a 20-year-old man was beaten to death inside a southeast Edmonton townhouse, four men have been arrested and charged. Rauf Abdu Muzero, 20, was found dead inside a unit at a townhouse complex near 34 Avenue and 58 Street in Mill Woods….
Residents of Habitat Crescent in northeast Edmonton were cleared to return to their homes on Wednesday after an unusual evacuation. The welcome news came after an Edmonton Police Service investigation of potentially hazardous and explosive materials forced them out on Tuesday. The discovery was made last month. Edmonton police were called on the evening of…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Edmonton Police Service says homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who was found unresponsive in the area of 118 Avenue and Wayne Gretzky Drive on Sunday night. In a news release issued Monday, police said the case is being treated as a…
A suspect is dead after a police shooting outside a west Edmonton apartment building early Tuesday afternoon. The Edmonton Police Service said officers initially responded around 12:46 p.m. to a weapons complaint near 97 Avenue and 163 Street, where a man reportedly entered someone’s yard and pointed a gun at the home before walking away….
Hundreds of people across Canada, including several dozen in Edmonton, have lost more than a million dollars combined to a complex Amazon job scam with ties to international organized crime and human trafficking. Investigators with the Edmonton Police Service electronic response team began investigating in 2022 after receiving several complaints from people who fell victim…
A machete attack at a McDonald’s in central Edmonton is the latest act of violence involving the long-bladed knife and it is raising the question over why they are not banned in Alberta. Police responded around 4 a.m. Monday to the McDonald’s at the corner of 111 Avenue and 106 Street, where four men who…
A man who previously worked for the Edmonton Police Service is facing several charges related to sexual offences involving a minor. The force said last summer, it received a report of a sexual assault involving a minor who is now receiving support from the Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre. The EPS child protection section…
