Proactive investigation links violent incidents; four people charged

Lethbridge Police have charged three males and one female in connection with a robbery. Two of the accused are also facing additional charges related to two separate stabbing incidents.

The investigation began with proactive work and collaboration by members of the Criminal Investigation Section, Field Operations Support Section and Crime and Strategic Analytics Section, who identified a pattern connecting recent violent incidents. It was determined that two subjects were involved in multiple offences, including a food fraud and two separate stabbing incidents where two different 18-year-old men sustained non-life-threatening injuries. In both stabbing cases, the victims were randomly assaulted while walking between the 400 and 600 blocks of 13 Street North on October 23. 

As part of the ongoing investigation, on October 28 around 8 p.m., members of the Crime Suppression Team and K9 Unit observed the robbery of a 57-year-old man who was walking westbound along 5 Avenue near 13 Street North. The victim was confronted by four individuals, who forcibly removed his backpack and began to assault him with a baton. Officers immediately intervened and arrested three males and one female. The victim sustained minor injuries. 

Aden William Kovacevic, 18, of Lethbridge, is charged with robbery, assault with a weapon, possession of an offensive weapon, resisting arrest, failing to comply with a sentence/disposition, and obtaining food/beverage/accommodation by fraud. Kovacevic has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court November 5.

Rayden Kyce Lee Many Fingers, 18, of Calgary, is charged with robbery.  Many Fingers has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court November 4.

A 16-year-old Lethbridge male, who cannot be identified under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with robbery and assault with a weapon. He has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court November 5.

A 15-year-old Lethbridge female, who cannot be identified, is charged with robbery and failing to comply with undertaking conditions. She has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court today.