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Court

Court updates include sentencing in murder and child pornography cases

Jul 25, 2025 | 6:00 AM

Sentence handed out in Cadotte Lake murder

Alberta Justice says a life sentence has been handed out after a 2022 murder in Cadotte Lake.

Brenon Gray was given life with no chance of parole for 12 years in Peace River Court of King’s Bench.

Gray was charged after the July 26, 2022, shooting death of 35-year-old Romeo Flett at a Cadotte Lake First Nation home.

Flett had been flown by air ambulance to an Edmonton hospital where he died.

Gray was arrested on September 26, 2022, in Little Buffalo.

Jail time in child pornography case

Alberta Justice says one of the five people charged after a 2023 child pornography arrest has been give an 18 month jail sentence.

Christopher Nanemahoo was sentenced on July 22 on charges of distributing and possessing child pornography. A charge of accessing child pornography was withdrawn.

He was one of five people charged in a November 2023 set of arrests by ALERT after an investigation called ICE Tundra.

The investigation started in October of 2023 and included seven searches of seven different homes from November 27-30 of that year.

A release from ALERT says these were all independent arrests but all had in common that people would access and upload what that release calls “child sex abuse material.”

The investigation started after officials noticed an increase in case referrals from Grande Prairie.

One other person charged, Naitram Ramnarane, was given a year in jail and two years probation last October after pleading guilty to accessing child pornography.

The cases against the other three are still before the court.

Probation after imitation firearm incident in February

Alberta Justice says a suspect charged after an incident with what turned out to be an imitation firearm has been given probation.

Eli Poteet pleaded guilty to charges of assault and threats to cause death or bodily harm in Grande Prairie court.

Another count of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public was withdrawn.

He was charged after RCMP received a complaint of someone walking around with a handgun on February 27, 2025. Police later learned that it was a BB gun.

Mounties also said at the time the suspect was at the Composite High School

A release from the Grande Prairie Public School Division said that the suspect was never on school property, there was never a hold and secure at the school and the suspect was arrested in Muskoseepi Park between the Comp. and NWP.

Peace bond on some charges for related to Fairview residential fires

Alberta Justice says a man charge in relation to residential fires in Fairview has entered into a peace bond on some charges.

Blake Everett Lee entered into the bond in Fairview court.

Lee was charged after what Fairview RCMP described as multiple residential fires in the area of 108 Avenue in Fairview on April 25, 2025.

Peace bonds come with several conditions attached.

Lee is still due to stand trial on charges of arson for a fraudulent purpose and two counts of arson causing damage December 11 in Fairview court.

Charges withdrawn in Grande Prairie drug case

Alberta Justice say charges against a woman charged in a Grande Prairie Drug arrest have been withdrawn.

Marie Gelinas had been facing one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking. The charged was withdrawn in Grande Prairie court ahead of a scheduled preliminary hearing.

Gelinas was charged after what Grande Prairie RCMP called a routine traffic stop on September 17, 2024.

Mounties said at the time that they seized more than 500 grams of cocaine, with a street value of over $54,000.

Charges withdrawn after vehicle fleeing police stop incident

Alberta Justice says all charges against a man charged after a vehicle took off from a traffic stop near Gift Lake First Nation have been withdrawn in High Prairie court.

Evan Anderson has been facing charges that flight from a peace officer and dangerous operation of a vehicle.

Police said at the time that they tried to pull over a vehicle that went through a stop sign but it was driven into oncoming traffic. It eventually stopped near a Gift Lake home.

A suspect took off but was tracked down and arrested with the help of a police dog.