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Police arrest father and son on drug trafficking charges By  Charles Lefebvre/Taylor Chartrand April 12, 2019 - 1:21pm Updated: April 12, 2019 - 7:43pm The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team shows a photo of drugs seized during a recent investigation Photo courtesy ALERT MEDICINE HAT, AB — The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has arrested a father and son in Medicine Hat for allegedly trafficking drugs. Investigators made the arrests on Wednesday, and seized more than $26,000 worth of drugs and cash following a six-week investigation. Shane Hilmoe, 56, has been charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and two counts of possession of proceeds of crime. Nathan Hilmoe, 23, has been charged with six counts of trafficking a controlled substance and possession of proceeds of crime. During the investigation, officers seized more than 250 grams of cocaine, 18 gram...

Closing arguments offered in Hotchen drug trial Poll Is your favourite NHL team in the playoffs? Yes No Don't follow NHL VIEW RESULTS @MedicineHatNews   Follow Us   BY JEREMY APPEL ON APRIL 10, 2019. SUBSCRIBE NOW NEWS FILE PHOTO The Medicine Hat Provincial Court is seen in this file photo. Closing arguments were made on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in the drug trial of Aaron Hotchen. A verdict is scheduled for July 17. jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Court heard oral closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Aaron Hotchen, who was arrested after police conducted a raid on a Seven Persons acreage he was living on in October 2016. They found methamphetamine, cocaine, a fentanyl-heroin mixture, sawed-off shotgun, ammunition and cash. The three-week trial in late 2018 heard more than 30 hours of Hotchen’s phone conversations from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre from shortly after his arrest. In them, he refers to hi...

Judge denies man’s request to reverse a guilty plea to drug-related charges Poll Is your favourite NHL team in the playoffs? Yes No Don't follow NHL VIEW RESULTS @MedicineHatNews   Follow Us   BY JEREMY APPEL ON APRIL 10, 2019. SUBSCRIBE NOW jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man who wanted to reverse a guilty plea for a drug-related charge has had his effort denied in provincial court, where his former lawyer took the stand. Ashley Gackle, who appeared in the dock at Medicine Hat Provincial Court on Tuesday before taking the stand himself, claimed he felt pressured into pleading guilty to possessing methamphetamine for the purposes of trafficking without understanding the sentencing implications. Gackle had to waive solicitor-client privilege to allow ex-counsel Stephen Bitzer to testify. “I couldn’t live with myself knowing I was pleading to something I didn’t do,” Gackle testified. He said he was under...

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Alberta battered woman syndrome case headed to Supreme Court Social Sharing Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Convicted murderer Debbie Doonanco loses at Alberta appeal court in split decision Janice Johnston  ·  CBC News  ·  Posted: Apr 04, 2019 3:59 PM MT | Last Updated: April 4 Court sketch of Debbie Doonanco testifying at her second-degree murder trial in 2016. (Ivory Rose Hrabec) An Alberta woman who claims she killed her partner in self-defence has lost a bid to overturn her conviction. Her lawyer now plans to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Debbie Doonanco was found guilty by a jury in St. Paul, Alta., in November 2016 of the second-degree murder of Kevin Feland. The retired school teacher admitted at her trial that she shot Feland twice in the chest in May 2014, then set their house on fire. But she insisted that was trying to save her own life from an abusive spouse; that it w...

See the legal system up close at Law Day Poll Have you been receiving carbon tax rebate cheques from the Alberta government? Yes No VIEW RESULTS @MedicineHatNews   Follow Us   BY MEDICINE HAT NEWS ON APRIL 4, 2019. SUBSCRIBE NOW The mock trial for Law Day in 2015 had a Three Little Pigs-themed.--FILE PHOTO Hatters will have the opportunity to learn more about the Canadian legal system during Law Day on Saturday at the local courthouse from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to two mock trials running in the morning and afternoon, attendees will be able to go on a tour of the Court of Queen’s Bench, which is celebrating its centennial this year, guided by local lawyer David Carter. Law Day chair Darren Cahoon says this will allow members of the public to learn “some interesting background on some of the more visible parts of the courthouse, like our historic Courtroom 1, which is the envy of courtrooms throughout the province...

Murder accused pleads not guilty over late 2018 homicide Poll Are you planning to watch Thursday’s provincial leaders debate? Yes No VIEW RESULTS @MedicineHatNews   Follow Us   BY JEREMY APPEL ON APRIL 3, 2019. SUBSCRIBE NOW jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel A man accused of a late-2018 murder in a downtown apartment complex has pled not guilty. Donald Goodwill, who faces a single charge of second-degree murder, didn’t appear in provincial court Tuesday, but defence lawyer Efrayim Moldofsky was there as agent for Derek Jugnauth, Goodwill’s counsel. The matter was adjourned to April 16, when a date for a preliminary hearing to determine whether there’s sufficient evidence to proceed to trial is slated to be set. Goodwill was arrested Dec. 14, 2018, in Saskatchewan, the day after police found a deceased missing person at a Fifth Avenue SE apartment building. At the time of his arrest, police called the investig...