Justice

Lisa Zoe can still visualize the silhouette of an RCMP officer at her door in May 2020. A pair of Mounties had arrived to inform Zoe that one of her five children had been killed in a most gruesome manner. “Everything was crazy and chaotic on May 6. That was…

The man convicted in the brutal killing of 22-year-old Breanna Menacho in May 2020 will be sentenced Thursday in NWT Supreme Court in Yellowknife. Devon Larabie pleaded guilty in December 2022 to second-degree murder just as his trial was expected to begin. He admitted killing Menacho at his Yellowknife apartment…

An illegal rifle, ammunition and 27 grams of suspected cocaine were seized by Hay River RCMP on Wednesday. Police were conducting patrols of the community, when a person was observed secreting a firearm into a vehicle and hiding it, stated a release. Media Relations Officer Constable Josh Seaward stated: “Police…

A hostage-taking in Hay River ended with one person in hospital with serious injuries, three suspects arrested, and cocaine, illegal guns and cash seized by RCMP. It was just the latest arrests this month of suspects with illegal guns and large amounts of cocaine and hard cash looking to exploit…

Two Toronto men are in custody, three illegal handguns are off the streets, and cocaine with a street value of $300,000 was seized following a dramatic takedown in Yellowknife this week. The 18-and 24-year old men had been under surveillance operating out of a downtown Yellowknife Airbnb since mid-January by…

The search is on for an armed suspect wanted by RCMP after an injured female was found in a Yellowknife residence on Thursday night. Police are looking for 34-year-old Jeremy Charney, who was in possession of a handgun when he reportedly fled the assault scene in a Black 2021 Ford…