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Court update: sentencing after foiled theft, trial dates for sexual assault case, trial ordered after public alert

Jun 9, 2025 | 6:00 AM

Two year jail sentence for man charged after foiled theft, assault

Alberta Justice says a man charged after an incident in Grande Prairie where another man was stabbed in the arm when trying to stop a theft has been given a 24-month jail sentence.

Drake Giroux-Horseman was sentenced on a charge of aggravated assault, plus two others of mischief causing damage under $5,000, in late May in Grande Prairie court.

RCMP said at the time in the early morning of September 13, 2024, one man came across another man going through his vehicle.

The first man was stabbed during a struggle while trying to keep the suspect on the scene with what police described as an “unknown edged weapon.”

The suspect took off on a bicycle.

Giroux-Horseman was arrested on September 27, 2024, after what police called an “extensive investigation.”

Earlier in May, he had been given a sentence of time served after pleading guilty to a charge of theft over $5,000 in a separate arrest.

Giroux-Horseman was also due to stand trial in April on charges of assault with a weapon and aggravated assault in another case, but those charges were dismissed.

Trial dates set for man facing sexual assault, sexual contact with a minor charges

Alberta Justice says a man charged with sexual assault and sexual contact with a minor charges will stand trial in March of 2026.

The trial dates will be March 9-13.

RCMP said at the time on March 8, 2024, at 11:30 p.m., the driver of a pickup sped away from an attempted traffic stop.

Police did not give chase. The same vehicle was located not long afterwards stuck in a snow bank.

Mounties say the suspect was wanted for the sexual assault case out of Beaverlodge.

The charges also include dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and flight from a peace officer.

EverythingGP is choosing not to use the man’s name because of a court-ordered publication ban the prohibits the publication of any information that could identify the victim.

Men charged after dangerous person alert in Mayerthorpe ordered to stand trial

Alberta Justice says two men charged in an incident that led to a dangerous person alert for Mayerthorpe have been ordered to stand trial.

The 15 charges against Dakota Patterson of Whitecourt and Santiago Patterson of Grande Prairie include robbery and kidnapping with a firearm, assault with a weapon, threats to cause death or bodily harm plus other firearm counts.

They were ordered to stand trial May 30 in Mayerthorpe court.

Police issued the alert on September 17, 2024, after reports of a vehicle theft in Edmonton and that the suspects may be headed towards Mayerthorpe.

Police had tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver took off.

The vehicle was later found abandoned.

Police did not release any information on what led to the kidnapping and robbery charges.