Edmonton… A Sherwood Park man is facing child pornography-related charges after ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit arrested him this week at a residence out of which a dayhome was also operating. On Aug. 29, 2017, with the assistance of Strathcona County RCMP, ICE investigators executed a search warrant at a home in central Sherwood… Read more »
Edmonton… Following an eight-month investigation, ALERT has seized four prohibited firearms – including two homemade MAC-11 submachine guns – that were allegedly manufactured at a machinist shop just west of Edmonton. ALERT Edmonton’s Guns and Gangs unit concluded its investigation on August 17, 2017, with the arrest of two suspects. Edmonton Police Service and RCMP… Read more »
Lethbridge… A joint investigation between ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit, Blood Tribe Police, and Lethbridge Police has resulted in the arrest of a 20-year old man for numerous criminal offences. Skylar Pantherbone was arrested on August 17, 2017 following allegations he lured and sextorted an underage victim. He was arrested at a Blood Tribe First… Read more »
Calgary… One of ALERT’s largest-ever fentanyl seizures came as part of $700,000 drug bust in Calgary last week. Large amounts of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine were also seized. ALERT’s Calgary organized crime and gang team seized 3,139 fentanyl pills, which ranks as ALERT’s third-largest seizure of its kind. The drug seizure came after three Calgary… Read more »
Edmonton… An Edmonton man who was charged last week with numerous child exploitation offences has been re-arrested after additional victims came forward with information. Justin Georges Stephen Coulombe, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit with assistance from the Edmonton Police Service. The arrest came… Read more »
Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has arrested an Edmonton man in relation to alleged incidents of child exploitation against two teenage boys. ICE investigators, with the help of Edmonton Police Service members, executed a search warrant at a residence in north Edmonton on July 27, 2017. There, they seized multiple electronic devices and… Read more »
