Man charged in 2017 murder released from custody

One of two men charged in connection with the last murder of 2017 has been released from custody.

Simon Danny Scout was released Monday following bail hearings in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench and provincial court. Conditions of his release stipulate that he is to attend court when required, obey a curfew from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day, abstain from alcohol and other intoxicating substances, avoid contact with co-accused Rylan James Twigg and several other people, and not possess any firearms or other weapons.

Scout, 19, and 23-year-old Twigg are charged with second-degree murder in connection to Kenrick Leonard First Rider's death Nov. 27 in his northside home. At 7:20 a.m. that day Lethbridge EMS were called to a home in the 1200 block of 9 Avenue North, where they found First Rider’s body. Police determined First Rider had been involved in a verbal dispute with two men at the home. The dispute escalated to a physical altercation in which First Rider was killed.

Twigg was arrested the same day when he went to the police station in connection with First Rider’s death. Scout was arrested later in the day after a warrant was issued and police received some tips from the public.

Police reported that Twigg is the son of the victim’s girlfriend, and that First Rider and both accused were living together in the same house. Police had been called to the home for disturbances in the past.

Scout, who also faces charges of assault and breaching probation, returns to court next month. Twigg’s next appearance is scheduled for Wednesday.