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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada

News categories: crime


142 records from May 2000 to January 2005
2005  Bust your boss to raise a few bucks for Crimestoppers   January 20
 Counterfeiting suspects released on bail   January 20
 Bail denied for credit card spree   January 20
 Charges laid in stabbing   January 20
 “No-knife” policy gets no backing   January 20
 Bail denied chronic offender   January 18
 Con artist extradited to U.S. from Victoria   January 11
 “Writer’s Conference” scammer might be extradited to Arkansas   January 8
2004  Film on Banff stabbing highlights sentencing laws   December 29
 Banff man jailed on drug charges in Ontario   December 15
 Pizza order rings up additional charges for jailed pair   November 23
 Plans afoot to curtail bar violence in Banff   November 16
 Banff man found guilty of sexual assault   November 9
 Public asked to help catch bighorn poachers   November 1
 Arsonist tries to torch Banff high school   October 21
 Mounties called to bar stabbing in Banff   October 19
 Banff looks at no-knife policy for bars   October 14
 Stabbing yields no jail time   September 14
 Treatment shocks seizure victim   September 14
 Stabbing victim tells his story   September 8
 Australian tourist stabbed in Banff   September 1
 Beer bottle attack trial adjourned   August 19
 Shady credit card charges plague locals   July 22
 Phony $100 bills being passed in local stores   June 10
 Lake Louise man murdered in Mexico   May 27
 Fraud artist awaits word on U.S. extradition   March 26
 No bail for rape suspect whose alleged victims include Banff woman   March 25
 Sex assault suspect held   March 25
 Councillor Paterson not big on video surveillance cams   March 23
 Banff eyes street cams   March 16
 Banff men help catch ex-convict   March 16
 RCMP make arrest after chase   March 16
 RCMP probing vandalism and theft of auto parts   March 16
 Mayor, RCMP consider surveillance cameras for streets of Banff   March 9
 Pursuing ex-boyfriend sentenced   March 9
 Impulsive punch costly   March 9
 Beaten tourist may return to ski Banff   March 9
 Man beaten on Banff Avenue   March 4
 Beaten tourist refuses to testify   March 2
 Man beaten at Caribou Corner   March 2
 Crime Stoppers enjoys good month in Bow Valley   February 27
 Witness appearances canceled   February 27
 Bighorn cowboy fined: guide’s roping stunt caught on film   February 5
 Guide fined after store develops film showing him lassoeing sheep   February 3
 Woman assaulted hitchhiking home to Saskatchewan in 1980 awarded victim’s compensation   January 24
 Lloydminster man caught with cocaine in Banff bar   January 14
 Attack on cabby nets prison term   January 6
 Two of three convicted in cabby attack   January 6
2003  Ski hill theft-prevention program starts to work as awareness increases   December 30
 Cops probe anti-American graffiti   December 29
 Sentencing delayed for man charged in beating of taxi driver   December 29
 Jailed man denied bail   December 10
 Fraud suspect leaves bizarre trail   December 8
 Son dismayed as charges stayed in highway fatality case   December 4
 von Hullessem claims she wanted to help Banff   December 4
 No takers for $10,000 chat with con artist   December 4
 Fraudster tried to auction off tales of crime on eBay   December 3
 Tale of deception winds up on eBay   December 2
 Woman accused of writers’ fraud may elude prosecution in U.S.   November 29
 Fraud artist released   November 26
 Is this a flair for fictions? (“Elisabeth von Hullessem”)   November 22
 Mounties seek tips to help solve several thefts   November 19
 Canmore wants what Banff has — less costly policing   November 12
 Former Banff mountie returns as top cop   November 12
 Woman faces charges over “writers’ conference”   November 8
 Fraud suspect confined after Banff court hearing   November 5
 Woman faces ten fraud charges over writers’ conference scam   November 1
 Dumping on ski-hill thieves   October 26
 Conference kafuffle may hurt events, warns humourist   October 15
 Woman sought in scam conference probe   October 9
 Calgarian fined for overfishing on Lake Minnewanka   October 8
 Judge lambastes man she acquits of sexual assault   October 2
 More mistaken identities in “hoodwink” case   October 1
 Banff woman “hoodwinked” into sex, Calgary court hears   September 30
 It was the right time and place... but the wrong partner   September 30
 Canmore resident fined $1,000 for barking dogs   September 18
 Town charges unlicenced businesses   September 17
 Former Banff businessman facing fraud charges   September 17
 Man faces $1.1 million fraud charge   September 13
 Axe throwers fined   August 13
 Ex-cop warns of drug perils in bars   August 6
 Valley arsonist sentenced to 6 years   July 9
 Offence nets 18-month sentence   July 9
 Pair going to trial in October   July 9
 Men charged with assault of cabbie denied bail   June 26
 Crimestoppers donating cash to area schools   June 25
 Sexual assault in Banff investigated   June 12
 Sentencing delayed; lawyer unavailable   June 11
 Parks cracking down on illegal guides   May 29
 Bail denied to two of three accused in cab driver assault   May 28
 Attacked cabbie ready to drive   May 14
 Choked cabbie “left for dead”   May 9
 Man serious after Banff stabbing   May 1
 Banff Service Industry Network seeks support   April 30
 Crash yields prison term   April 30
 Chase results in jail   April 29
 Clerk foils “flamboyant” shoplifter   April 23
 Help wanted to nab Cave & Basin vandals   April 14
 Police rescue kidnapped man near Banff   April 12
 Town wants a say in hiring of top cop   April 9
 Barkers and parkers get bylaw holiday   March 20
 Banff murder hits the small screen   February 12
 New assessment ordered for Bow Valley arsonist   February 6
 Arson case again delayed   February 5
 Gun owners say gun registry a waste of money   January 15
 Banff cops busy over holiday   January 8
2002  Myron opposes bill protecting homosexuals from hate propaganda   October 23
 Canadian citizen disappears at US hands   October 21
 Accused stabber fails to show in court   September 26
 Cannabis: A good drug with a bad reputation   September 26
 Pricey plonk pilfered   September 5
 Banff ponders drug strategy   August 22
 Banff demands more Mounties   August 19
 Lab uses DNA to track poachers   August 17
 Bad luck biker fined $50   July 25
 Big-wigs converging for cross-border crime forum   July 18
 Skiing armed robber stopped by tree   July 8
 Thieves nab expensive camera   June 26
 Woman attacked at knife point   June 5
 Banff teen charged with sexual assault   June 4
 Man ordered to stay out of Alberta for G8   May 30
 Arrow found next to dead deer   May 22
 Suspected firebug arrested   April 22
 Law-breaking rampant in parks: critics   January 10
2001  Pot resin fire burns couple on Squirrel Street   November 24
 High-speed chase ends with arrest near Banff   October 7
 Canmore man charged over threats   September 30
 Scouts volunteer molested boy while a Mountie in Banff in 1951   September 27
 Police say underwear thief is no laughing matter   September 7
 Illegal camping blamed on lack of enforcement   August 9
 Banff man among group facing charges in $2 million drug bust   March 14
 Alan Cristou of Banff among 20 charged in drug bust   March 14
 106 arrested in New Year’s Eve riot at Whistler   January 2
2000  Forensic show airs Banff murder case   December 13
 Turmel case topic of show   December 12
 Attack warning posters puzzle police   December 6
 Former Banff man sought for child-support debt   November 23
 Murder suspect has Banff connection   October 27
 Town cracks down on noise   June 28
 Tusk, tusk . . . ivory thieves caught   June 14
 Nothing funny about a killer (Ryan Jason Love)   May 31
 Ski rage hits the slopes as girl reports assault at Nakiska   May 11
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January 25, 2005