Posted: May 23, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 23
Justin Byron is captured on surveillance video wearing a disguise to plant an IED at an Edmonton bank in September 2018. (Court Exhibit/RBC)
A bank robber who blew up homemade bombs at two Edmonton branches three years ago, injuring four armed guards, could face up to life in prison.
Last Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen s Bench, 48-year-old Justin Byron pleaded guilty to making an explosive substance and trying to rob a pair of GardaWorld armed guards in September 2018.
Byron also pleaded guilty to four charges stemming from another Edmonton bank robbery in December 2018. He admitted detonating an explosive device and attacking a GardaWorld employee while wearing a disguise to rob the bank.
Ahmed Iltire, 34, pleaded guilty Thursday to break-and-enter and assault in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench. He broke into an 81-year-old woman's home and attacked her in the middle of the night.
Posted: Jan 26, 2021 5:28 PM MT | Last Updated: January 27
The Inglewood apartment where Shalaina Arcand, 5, suffered a fatal brain injury. (Court Exhibit/Edmonton Police Service)
After a lengthy delay, the Lauren Lafleche second-degree-murder trial has resumed in Edmonton.
The judge-alone proceeding was supposed to continue two weeks ago, but was put on hold after Lafleche tested positive for COVID-19. She is not in custody.
Lafleche is accused of causing a severe head injury that led to the death of her daughter Shalaina Arcand.
The 34-year-old mother who has two other children is also accused of assaulting Shalaina with a belt and a spatula and failing to provide her with the necessaries of life.