Crack cocaine and a lot of liquor – 50 bottles – were stopped by RCMP from entering the restricted alcohol community of Fort Good Hope on the weekend. An adult male had 22 grams of suspected crack cocaine on him, along with approximately $250 in cash, stated an RCMP media…
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a homicide after finding a man dead inside the Hilltop apartment complex on 47 Street. Police were called to the scene shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, where they found the man laying unresponsive. The incident was first ruled a “suspicious death,” but has since…
Fort Smith RCMP, are asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted man. Northwest Territories RCMP shared the message along with a photo of Donovan Desjarlais on social media on Tuesday afternoon. Desjarlais has “a number of warrants out for his arrest,” according to police. The statement did not…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of probation for the possession and transmission of child pornography and for extortion. Twenty-year-old Chase Straker was sentenced in an N.W.T. court on Monday, according to an RCMP release. He was found to have stored and…
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a suspected homicide after a man passed away from serious injuries on Sunday. Police were called to the scene on 47 Street shortly after 8:00 a.m. yesterday, where they found the injured man. He was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing….
A Fort Smith man has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and robbery in connection with an incident that left two men injured late last month. The investigation that led to the arrest of 19-year-old Christian Gordon also spawned a separate investigation into drug trafficking. The incident took place…
A 20-year-old male driver is facing several charges after injuring both a security guard and an RCMP officer in an impaired driving incident in Yellowknife. The incident took place shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, when the driver struck a security guard with his vehicle. The security guard was trying…
An Inuvik man wanted in connection with a break and enter and theft has been taken into custody. That’s according to a release from the Inuvik RCMP on Friday. 45-year-old Michael Clifford Rilling was wanted in connection with an incident that took place at the Inuvik Regional Hospital on or…
A missing Fort Smith woman has been found safe, and Yellowknife RCMP are saying media attention played an important role. Thirty-eight-year-old Tanya Harry was first reported missing from Yellowknife on Oct. 1 after having not been seen since Sept. 28. One day after Harry was reported missing, Yellowknife RCMP announced…
As fire crews continue their work along N.W.T. highways, the Hay River RCMP is raising the alarm about drivers speeding through work zones. Police issued a statement on Tuesday morning denouncing the excessive speeds clocked in recent days and urging drivers to slow down. Two incidents in particular stand out,…