17 charges for Lethbridge man following alleged incident in High Level

A Lethbridge man is one of five people facing charges after an alleged incident in northern Alberta.

On Sunday, January 12, at about 8 p.m., the High Level RCMP and the detachment’s Crime Reduction Unit responded to a report of people with a firearm that had been shot toward a house in the town. Mounties say the suspects were reported to be trying to enter the home or were fighting, around 106 Street. 

The RCMP attended the scene and safely arrested two women and three men, one of whom is from Lethbridge. Police say they confiscated two firearms, roughly 50 grams of suspected cocaine and about 2800 unstamped cigarettes. 

Lethbridge resident Jamie Hollands, 31, is charged with the following: 

• Two counts of pointing a firearm 

• Two counts of discharging a firearm with intent 

• Possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking 

• Possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number 

• Possession/selling of unstamped tobacco 

• Two counts of unsafe storage of firearms 

• Two counts of possession of a firearm/weapon/device/ammunition in a motor vehicle 

• Using a firearm in the commission of an offence 

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a prohibited/restricted weapon 

• Possession of restricted/prohibited weapon with ammunition easily accessible 

• Two counts of possession of a restricted/prohibited weapon with ammunition without license 

The RCMP says Hollands is set to appear in provincial court in Chateh on Wednesday, January 15.