Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Vol. 44, No. 16
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Alberta RCMP charge male for sexual offences against children Police hoping additional victims, witnesses come forward Alberta RCMP have laid charges against a 53year-old man following an investigation into allegations of sexual assaults that occurred between 2018 and 2020. In November 2020, Vegreville RCMP received reports of alleged sexual offences that had taken place between 2018 and 2020. The Vegreville RCMP worked in partnership with the Alberta RCMP Serious Crimes Branch Provincial Investigative Support Unit to further the investigation into these allegations. It is notable that the Alberta Internet Child Exploitation Unit of ALERT and the Zebra Child Protection Centre also provided assistance during this investigation. All of the offences in this investigation are alleged to have taken place between 2018 and 2020 in the Vegreville area and involve teenage female victims who were known to the accused. On April 15, RCMP investigators executed a search warrant at a residence in Edmonton and arrested Brad Dahr. The search resulted in the seizure of various electronic devices, documents and clothing. Brad Dahr (53) of Edmonton is charged with the following offences: Between Jan. 1, 2018, and Oct. 31, 2019: · Sexual interference (x2) · Voyeurism Between April 1, 2020, and Oct. 31, 2020: · Sexual exploitation · Luring a child · Possession of child pornography · Distribution of child pornography · Making sexually explicit material available to a child Following a judicial hearing, Dahr was released with conditions and is scheduled to appear in Vegreville Provincial Court on May 3. The RCMP are continuing their investigation and are asking the public to come forward with any similar type incidents in the following areas across Western Canada:
Fire Advisory issued for Beaver County Patricia Harcourt Editor
Edmonton, Vegreville, Drumheller, Beiseker, and Beauvallon, Alta.; the Lower Mainland, BC; and Yellowknife, NWT. In order to eliminate the possibility of other victims, Alberta RCMP are distributing a photograph of the accused at approximately the time of these offences. Brad Dahr has also been widely known in the above areas as “Pastor Brad” and is described as: • 260 lbs • 6’ tall • Bald with a light brown fringe • Blue eyes If you have information, please contact the Vegreville RCMP at 780-631-2750 or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the "P3 Tips" app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.
Beaver Emergency Services Commission (BESC) has issued a fire advisory for all of Beaver County including the towns, villages and hamlets within its boundaries. The advisory has been put in place due to “an unusually dry grass fire season upon us,” stated BESC. “It is paramount that we use caution with any open burning within the county and municipalities.” Southeast of Beaver County, the County of Camrose has also issued a fire advisory, but so far there has been no advisory or ban for Flagstaff County to the south or the M.D. of Wainwright to the west. To the north, fire restrictions are now in place for the County of Minburn, County of Lamont, County of Two Hills and County of Vermilion River. Over the weekend, temperatures dropped and a smattering of snow fell on Sunday to temporarily carpet the dry, brown lawns and fields but was gone by the next day. But as of Monday, the fire advisory was still in place. “BESC is continuing to monitor weather and wind conditions and further fire restrictions may be imposed quickly,” stated BESC management. “We are evaluating each fire permit application carefully and only allowing those fires that have an adequate water supply and are continuously supervised to proceed.” Visit the provincial website www. albertafirebans.ca to get up to date information on the status of jurisdictions. Any outdoor burning within Beaver County requires a burning permit, which can be obtained at the towns of Viking and Tofield, the villages of Holden and Ryley, and the Beaver County office in Ryley, the BESC office in Viking, or all local fire chiefs