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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An RCMP officer stationed on Bell Island almost six years ago has been convicted of two firearms offences. Cst. Michael Wheeler was found guilty of two counts — careless use of a firearm and pointing a firearm. The verdict was rendered earlier this week by Justice Sandra Chaytor at Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in […]
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The RCMP is investigating human remains found in a wooded area near Bishop’s Falls earlier today. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is engaged and will look to determine cause of death and identity. The investigation is continuing. Updates will be provided once there is new information to share.
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Two of the four people arrested in connection with an ongoing police investigation into illegal weapons and drug trafficking were brought before a judge today. Raquel Sonier, 33, and Bradley Wadden, 34, both of St. John’s, were led into provincial court today. According to court documents, the two have been charged with trafficking in cocaine […]
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Police have arrested at least four people in St. John’s as part of an investigation by the RNC’s Weapons and Drug Unit. Police can be seen here at an apartment building on LeMarchant Road, near St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, one of multiple locations in the metro-region with police operations this afternoon.The RNC confirmed that a […]
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