A jury has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder. Jurors delivered the verdict in a Corner Brook courtroom Sunday morning after deliberating since Wednesday evening. Penney had been charged with murder in 2023 for the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Hillier-Penney, from St. Anthony in 2016. Her body has never been found. It […]
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Five people in this province are facing drug trafficking charges following a multi-year investigation by the RCMP. NTV News first reported on the investigation back in April of this year, but police, at the time, would not confirm details relating to the case. Today, after laying charges against the accused, the RCMP is outlining […]
Read moreThe sentencing hearing for convicted murderer Craig Pope has been scheduled for Feb. 2, 2024. On Friday evening, a jury found Pope guilty of second-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of 36-year-old Jonathan Collins. Pope was back at Supreme Court in St. John’s today as lawyers and Justice Glen Noel discussed the sentencing hearing. […]
Read moreFollowing an Investigation into the June 12, 2023 fatal officer-involved shooting in St. John’s, SIRT-NL has concluded that there was no criminal conduct. Michael King, Director of SIRT-NL advised today that SIRT-NL has concluded its investigation into the June 12, 2023 fatal officer-involved shooting at Regatta Plaza in St. John’s. The investigation revealed no criminal […]
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Five individuals from this province have been charged with drug trafficking offences as part of Project Bustle, an investigation of interprovincial drug trafficking by RCMP NL’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit. Three of the accused were initially arrested on Dec. 22, in the Corner Brook area. The investigation, which began in February 2021, focused […]
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