Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit has arrested a 40-year-old man who worked at a Wetaskiwin child care dayhome. Investigators are looking to speak with families who may have used the dayhome in the past. Tykes and Tots Day Home in Wetaskiwin was searched by the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) team on April 27, 2017,… Read more »
Calgary… Co-operation between police on either side of the Canada-U.S. border has resulted in the arrest of a Calgary man on a number of child pornography-related charges. ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit partnered with Bartlett (Tennessee) Police Department after a 13-year-old Tennessee girl was lured over the internet. A 32-year-old Calgary man was arrested… Read more »
Edmonton… Organized crime teams from Alberta and Saskatchewan joined forces recently to stem the flow of fentanyl between Alberta and Saskatchewan. A joint investigation involving ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang unit and the Combined Forces Special Forces Unit (CSFEU) Saskatchewan resulted in the seizure of an estimated $50,000 worth of fentanyl and other drugs,… Read more »
Edmonton… More than $200,000 worth of drugs, including thousands of packages of cannabis resin, was seized after ALERT searched a west Edmonton home. ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang team made the seizure on April 4, 2017, to conclude a two-day investigation. A home in Edmonton’s Canora neighbourhood was searched and two people were arrested…. Read more »
Edmonton… A civilian employee of the Edmonton Police Service has been arrested by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit. Aaron Rothwell, 41, was arrested on April 7, 2017 as the result of a joint investigation by ICE and Victoria Police Department. Rothwell is charged with agreement to commit a sexual offence against a child, making child… Read more »
Edmonton… Three Edmonton women are facing charges under Alberta’s Drug-Endangered Children Act after allegedly exposing an infant to drug deals and cocaine production. ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang team charged the three women on April 5, 2017. The women’s ages are 27, 26, and 26, but their names are not being released in order… Read more »
Edmonton… Inspector Chad Coles of the RCMP has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of ALERT. Coles will be the officer in charge of the provincially funded, integrated unit that addresses organized and serious crime across Alberta. ALERT was established and is funded by the Alberta Government and is a compilation of the province’s most sophisticated… Read more »
