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January 7, 2005
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Alta. man opts to attend john school
An Alberta man has enrolled in john school in an effort to reclaim the brand-new ambulance that was seized and impounded by police last month.
Howard Bradley, 58, of Sylvan Lake Alta. was in the city in early December to pick up an ambulance to take back to red Deer, where he is part owner of Phoenix Emergency Vehicles Ltd.
On the way he is accused of driving through the stroll.
Police spotted the vehicle and arrested Bradley who spent the night in jail. He's now facing charges of communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Bradley was expected to make a plea in provincial court Thursday but his lawyer notified court his client has decided to sign up for the one-day  john school class.
Under the Vehicle Impoundment against Sexual Expatiation program anyone charged with prostitution related offenses can avoid criminal prosecution if they acknowledge responsibility for their actions through completing the one day education program. The class requires offenders to examine the effects of prostitution on the people involved and to consider their own behavior.
Bradley is expected to return to court March 7.

December 3, 2004
Driver of ambulance sees flashing lights of vice cops
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
A brand new Alberta-bound ambulance has been seized by Saskatoon police and a Red Deer man is facing a charge of communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Howard Bradley, 58 was arrested after the ambulance was stopped in the 300 block of Avenue J South just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, says Saskatoon police Insp. Jeff Bent.
Bradley, who is a part-owner of Phoenix Emergency Vehicles Ltd. of Red Deer appeared in Saskatoon provincial court Thursday after spending the night in a police cell.
The ambulance was seized by police under the provincial Highway Traffic Act and is being held in a compound, says Brent.
Bradley could not be reached for comment.

June 2004
City Police unleash high profile street crimes unit.
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

June 19, 2004
Saskatoon Police Service's new street crimes unit (SCU) has moved into action, joining forces with the vice unit in a series of undercover "street sweeps".
We're stepping up the enforcement and it's going to be relentless, " said Sgt. Randy Huisman.
If you want to commit crimes in Saskatoon you're going to meet the SCU and we're going to arrest you and lock you up.
Five people received this message first hand Thursday, arrested for communicating for the purpose of prostitution with undercover officers. Police laid additional charges- including one of possession of a knife- and performed checks on suspected gang members with court ordered curfews.
The street crimes unit - designed to target street gangs and organized crime.
May  2004
 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Teacher's sex trial adjourned after witness a no-show.
A local high school teacher accused of trying to buy sex on the West-side stroll last year will have to wait a while longer for his day in court.
Brian Scott , a 55 year old industrial arts instructor at Bedford Road Collegiate, was scheduled to stand trial Wednesday on a charge of communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
However the trial was adjourned until May 16, 2004 at the Crown's request after the main witness-a -former sex trade worker failed to show up.
The woman met with a member of the Edmonton police vice unit recently and said she was quite intent on testifying.
A warrant has been issued for the woman's arrest.

(See Scott Story Below)

October 2003
There seems to be an improvement on our streets.
The john's are afraid to stop and talk to the girls or pick them up    We have a serious lack of police presence but hopefully after the election on the 22 nd. of October we will see some changes.

NOTE FROM ALICE:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I did attend john school and found it hard hitting and a way to hopefully get through to men who see no wrong in what they do. Prostitution  is not a trade nor a job. The people who are prostituting themselves are not wholesome, healthy , well adjusted , happy people.
We now seem to have a movement a foot to legalize and make this type of life style easier.
I am here to tell the people in our Government's that they are wrong, wrong , wrong.
Victimization  must end. Buying and selling of a human body is wrong.
Prostitutes have babies. Who will protect the babies? who.?
A john, a prostitute ,  the pimp or  the drug dealer. WHO?

JUNE 30, 2003
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
John school no easy out: official
Prostitution related charges against a Saskatoon orthopedic surgeon were withdrawn last week after he successfully completed john school.
Dr. Mario Taillon ,39, was charged in March in connection with an incident last November in which police discovered a man and woman in ," suspicious circumstances" while checking a vehicle at Avenue P and 11th Street West around 2:15am.
Former Principal Allen Ternes, who was charged in May with communicating for the purpose of prostitution, also avoided criminal prosecution by attending the one day seminar.
The charges were withdrawn last Thursday. Ternes was released from his contract with the Saskatoon Catholic school division in May as a result of the incident.
There have been three prostitution intervention programs in Saskatoon since January, saidWilliam Davison, a social worker who helped establish the program here this last year after operating one in Regina for six years.
Each class has has six ti 10 participants, who must pay several hundred dollars to register. The classes are small so that each participant recieves adequate attention, Davison said.
He disagrees with people who think john school is an easy out for those who create the demand that fuels the world's oldest profession.
Davison will not tolerate participants who think they can coast through the day without becoming involved and examining their own lives.  "It's about  breaking through denial", Davison said.
"How do we know they've done that? When they break down in tears. That's where
the healing starts. Once they see themselves and face their shame, that's when the tears start to come.
We can build from there.
In addition to group sessions, the men must talk one on one with Davison, who has continued counseling some former participants for years after their seminar.
If a man refuses to acknowledge responsibility for his actions, Division fails him, resulting in the file being returned to court for criminal prosecution.
" John school isn't just come and sit and put up with the day. You've got to participate, you've got to work and if you don't, you go back to the courtroom
and deal with it there because we won't tolerate it".
" It's not that kind of program where you're just zip, zam, zowie, swoosh and your're out and do a little dance. I don't want lip service".
Davison believes john school serves society better then criminal prosicution because the majority of john's were victims of sexual abuse as children. Most have never come to terms with their own suffering.
They have no outlet , no one who understands, who they can talk to. They're are afraid.
" If they go to court, they're so ashamed they just stay in denial and they act out in another area and there's no healing", he said.
We get through denial and there's an opportunity to heal if they wish to purse it.

MAY 2003      Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED WHILE AWAITING COURT DATE

A Catholic elementary school principal has been suspended after he was charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution earlier this month.
Al Ternes , the principal at ST. Marks school, was charged on May 1, 2003 and will appear in court later this month.
Jerry Zimmer, superintendent of education with the Catholic school division, confirmed in an interview Thursday that Ternes has been charged with an offense, but he would not disclose the nature of the offense.
"What I have told other people who have called is only what I feel that I can tell them, given
the fact that we are conducting an investigation", Zimmer said.
" And essentially, whether  or what he was charged with, is really for the police service to speak to".
Zimmer said  "Ternes has been suspended for now', BUT HE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON Whether  TERNES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE PAY.
Acting Insp. Keith Atkinson. of Saskatoon Police Service , said an undercover john sting was conducted on May 1, 2003.
As a result of that sting operation, two men ages 47 and 70 where charged in separate incidents. Both will appear in court May 21, 2003.
 

TEACHER'S SEX TRIAL ADJOURNED AFTER WITNESS A NO SHOW"
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
A local high school teacher accused of trying to buy sex on the west-side stroll last year will have to wait a while longer for his day in court.
Brian Scott, a 55-year-old industrial arts instructor at Bedford Road Collegiate, was scheduled to stand  trial Wednesday on a charge of communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
However the trial was adjourned until May 16 at Crown's request after the main witness ,
a former sex trade worker now living in Edmonton failed to show up for court.
The woman met with Edmonton police vice unit recently and said she was " quite intent"
on testifying.
Arrangements were made for her to take a midnight bus to Saskatoon Tuesday night.
For some unknown reason she was not on the bus.
Scott was arrested September 9, 2002 and suspended with pay two days later.
This was his second suspension in two years.
The first took place in March of 2001.

(Read on for more Brian Scott)

DOCTOR'S PROSTITUTION CASE ADJOURNED
 Saskatoon Star-Phoenix  May7, 2003

The case of a Saskatoon doctor charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution has been adjourned to June 10, 2003.
DR. Mario Rodrick Taillon, an orthopedic surgeon with a private practice in the city , was charged last month following a four month investigation by Saskatoon police vice unit. It began about 2.15 a.m. last November 15, when officers checking a vehicle at Avenue P and 11th street discovered a man and woman in " supicious circumstances".
Taillon has not entered a plea to the charge.
On Tuesday, his lawyer appeared on his behalf in provincial court. His case is expected to go to mediation, which requires th accused to admit quilt and pay a fee to attend
"john school" a one day seminar about the impact of the sex trade.

(How can we solve this terrible problem when Teachers and Doctors are such slime?)

APRIL 15,2003
NEW
Edmonton Police, VICE , arrested 19 john's and 20 prostitutes for communication for the purpose of prostitution.
RIGHT ON EDMONTON POLICE

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE
    April 2, 2003
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

Saskatoon doctor faces sex charge

City police have charged a member of Saskatoon's medical community with communicating for the purpose of prostitution in connection with an early morning incident on the  west side
last fall.
Dr. Mario Roderick Taillon , an orthopedic surgeon with a private practice in the city, was formally charged at the provincial courthouse last Friday, though he did not appear at court in person.
Taillon, 39, has not entered a plea to the charge. He did not return phone calls from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix last week. His lawyer, Jay Watson, said Taillon will likely proceed to mediation when the case returns to court May 6. Watson offered no further comment.
When it comes to prostitution related offenses, mediation requires the accused to admit guilt and pay a fee to attend  "john school", a one day course often includes presentations from health workers, former sex trade workers and their parents, former john's and sex addictions counselors.
The charge against Taillon was laid March 13, following the completion of a four month investigation by Saskatoon police vice unit, according to acting Insp. Keith Atkinson.
It began at about 2:15 a.m. last Nov. 15, when patrol officers checking a vehicle at Avenue P and 11th Street West discovered a man and woman in "suspicious circumstances" Atkinson said.
He would not go into details about the nature of the circumstances.
Taillon's car was not seized by police under new provincial legislation aimed at suspected sex trade customers, because the length of the investigation meant the charge was not laid until several months had gone by, Atkinson said.

Do you ever wonder how drugs end up on the street in the hand of criminals?

March 2003
I have to wonder if our police are letting up on the john arrests or have things really improved.
It has been some time since a story has appeared of arrests or charges and convictions.
How is Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary doing.
Please e-mail    sk-ho-train@shaw.ca ,  if any of you are still out working to clean up your community.
We are going back on the regular street patrols as soon as the weather warms up.

February , 2003
The news from Saskatoon of the john traffic  is  better but we have had some real tragic deaths of known street woman. Two have been found  murdered and one girl is still missing. The life of a prostitute has to be one of the saddest most dangerous and destroying.
We must do everything we can to put an end to prostitution.
NO RED LIGHT DISTRICTS IN THIS CITY.
RESEARCH  : PROSTITUTION IN AMSTERDAM
NOT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY  WANT YOU TO KNOW:

October 1, 2002

City groups honored for program that helps youth leave sex trade.

A ground-breaking program created in Saskatoon to help people leave the sex trade has won international recognition.
Operation Help, an inter-agency project shared by the Egadz outreach center, The Saskatoon Police Service, Social Services , the Aboriginal court worker program and a volunteer lawyer, provide an intensive support circle to help young people escape the sex trade. The project is funded by Social Services and the Justice Department.
Operation Help was nominated by the Partnership and the Saskatoon Police Service for a Downtown Achievement Award through the International Downtown Association (IDA). The program won a Certificate of Merit in the social  issues category.
Egadz outreach co-ordinator Don Meikle and Saskatoon vice officers Tim Korchinski, Randy Huisman and Grant Obst were in Boston Monday to accept the certificate at IDA's annual conference.
The Operation Help process begins with an undercover operation on the street, in which police officers pose as john's to apprehend a sex-trade worker. Within a few hours, the support circle convenes and offers support and information about the help available to make positive lifestyle changes.
According to a release issued Monday, Operation Help has had 51 clients since its creation less then two years ago. Ten of those clients are now permanently off the street, and many of the rest have asked the team not to give up on them.
" The sweetest sign of success has been three individuals involved in the sex trade who have heard about the program have come forward on their own and asked to be assisted by the team," the release said.

Man pleads guilty to trying to buy sex

A man who tried to buy sex while riding a bicycle from an undercover Saskatoon police office pleaded guilty in provincial court Thursday, September 27, 2002.
Darrel Lester Sanderson was already facing criminal charges and had been released into the community on an undertaking, including a curfew and a promise to keep the peace, when he rode up to the officer in the 900 black of 19th street West at 1 a.m. on August 22, 2002.
He made a deal to purchase sex and was arrested by vice officers waiting nearby.
Sanderson has been in custody since his arrest.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching his undertaking. He was sentenced to time already served.
 
 
 

September 25,  2002

Man, 34 gets six months in jail for buying sex from 12-year-old

A provincial court judge sent a 34 year old man from Langham to jail Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to buying sex from a 12 year old girl.
David Edward Sikorski was originally charged with sexual interference in may 2001 after a Saskatoon police officer on patrol noticed his car parked by the side of an isolated road behind Holiday Park Golf Course.
The officer thought the car was abandoned, but became suspicious and halted his cruiser when he spotted the driver behind the wheel and saw the girls head pop up into view, according to the police file.
The charge was later changed to obtaining sexual services from a minor in exchange for money. Sikorski's plea was entered following a preliminary hearing at which the girl was forced to testify about what happened. Her identity is protected by a publication ban.
Sikorski who had no prior criminal record, received a six month jail sentence followed by one year of probation, during which he is ordered to stay away from Saskatoon's stroll area and take sex offender and personal counseling as directed.
 

Hi Calgary Ho Down

I haven't seen any news from Calgary lately. Have you licked the street prostitution
problem with your new laws?  Maybe you just got fed up.
Oh well we keep pushing. We will never give up.
Keep Smiling
Kindest regards.

Alice

Well guess what Saskatoon.
Back in March of 2001 I told you about Brian Scott a school teacher from Bedford Road Collegiate who dumped a hooker and ran from police:
Well guess what here  he is charged on September 9,  2002 with communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
While on patrol we turned this guy in many times to police for being in the area known as the stroll.
When will these guys ever learn.
It is time to throw the book at these john's
AND THEY ARE TEACHING YOUR KIDS.
Attention Manitoba

Man fined for attempt to buy sex from cop.

A 24 year old man who tried to buy sex from a cop while on probation appeared in Saskatoon court and was fined $ 700.00 in fines.
Clayton Mosier who now lives in in Manitoba pled guilty to breach of probation and communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Mosier was arrested during a police sting January 2000.
Mosier  said it was a stupid thing to do.

August 20, 2002

23 year old George Carmen Reid was remanded in custody until his trial on October 17,   2002
He is charged with common assault, forcible confinement and procuring of a 14 year old girl.

(see story below)
 

August 16, 2002

Man faces prostitution related charges
A 23 year old Saskatoon man is facing charges after a 14 year old girl approached police on the West side stroll with a complaint about being forced into the sex trade last week.
George Carmen Reid appeared in provincial court Thursday charged with common assault, forcible confinement and procuring. He was remanded in custody  for a bail hearing today.
Reid is accused of holding the girl in an apartment on Avenue U South throughout the afternoon and evening of August 9, 2002, repeatedly hitting her on the leg until she agreed to sell herself on the street and give him the proceeds.

August 15, 2002
On November 23, 2001 Michael Haile Abraha was charged with trying to pick up a known
15 year old prostitute.
On August 15, 2002 Abraha showed up in court with his wife and pled guilty. Abraha was fined $ 1200.00 and given one year probation and ordered to stay away from Saskatoon's West side.

July 2002

Twenty Four johns lose cars in sex trade crackdown.
Regina. Saskatchewan police have seized vehicles from 24 johns in a resent sting.
The vehicle may be returned to the john's if they attend john school.
 

April 2002 UPDATE

Note: The new laws dealing with the prostitution problem that came into being on April 1, 2002 seem to have slowed the john traffic down in my area anyway. The prostitutes are still trying  to get picked up. The johns are really worried and so they should be.

April 25, 2002

Teen sentenced for role in pimping 14-year-old

A Saskatoon teen who was paid to supervise a younger girl turning tricks on the west-side stroll last summer received an open-custody sentence for living off the
avails of the sex trade.
Tara, 16, had never had problems at home or school until she fell in with a "negative peer group" and began drinking and smoking marijuana, defense lawyer Sharon Ludlow told youth court judge Ron Bell during Tara's sentencing hearing Wednesday.
Tara's real name can't be published under the Young Offenders Act.
Both Tara , and the 14-year-old victim were part of a group of girls led by "Karen"
who beat and pressured the victim into working the streets every second night for about six weeks last July and August. The proceeds were used to buy beer, marijuana and snacks.
Tara took part of the money in exchange for accompanying the victim while she worked, as kind of a bodyguard.  Tara would sit in the front seat of the john's car looking out the window while the victim was in the back with the man, court heard during Karen's sentencing last week.
Karen was sentenced to five months in closed custody followed by nine months of probation, on top of the three and  a half months  she spent in custody before pleading guilty.
For Tara's  lesser role, Bell sentenced Tara to five months in open custody at a youth facility outside Saskatoon followed by nine months of probation.
 
 
 
 
 

April 12, 2002

Convicted johns to clean inner-city

Calgary (CP)- Convicted johns clad in orange prison jumpsuits will soon hit Calgary's inner-city neighborhoods to pick up used needles, condoms and other sex-trade debris.
The first crew  is expected in May and will be made up of men convicted of communicating for the purpose of prostitution, said Staff Sgt Dean Young, head of the Calgary police vice unit.
"The sex trade debris they leave  behind, they will be responsible for cleaning it up", said Young.
"They will go out, they will be be visible.  They'll go out mid-week , not on a weekend, so they can't tell their wives they're going to play golf or something.
The initiative is condemned by the Alberta Civil Liberties association, which amounts to punishment by humiliation.
The first crew will hit the streets as soon as the solicitor general's office decides it has enough convicted john's.

NOTE:   This is a great way to deal with these slimeballs. The sex-trade will come to an end soon if every city across Canada does the same.
Maybe  the other half of this equation could help clean up the streets too.  Prostitutes, pimps,  outreach people , needle van people and anyone else who supports this type of activity on our streets. If you are not a part of the solution you are a part of the problem.

A new law dealing with john's and pimps came into effect on April 1, 2002 here in Saskatchewan. Police now have the power to take away any john's vehicle who is seen cruising in areas where these foolish young women ply their disgusting prostitution choices. The john's will also loose their drivers license for a year.
I have seen a real difference in the traffic in my neighborhood.
I am becoming very tired of people who call this life style the Sex Trade Worker. They are
PROSTITUTES.
If we are ever going to change the sick mind set of these people we must stop the glamorization of  this  life style. The excuses are all worn out.   It is time to make people responsible for their own bad behavior.
The tragedy that has happened in Vancouver to prostitutes  and drug addicts did not need to happen.  No one has to be on the streets or doing the things these people are doing.
Some people think it is  more fun to party , drink,  use drugs, sleep around, get into stranger's cars,
prowl around dangerous streets all night then go to school and work hard and as long as we make excuses for these irresponsible acts they will only continue to get worse.

FEBRUARY  2002  UPDATE
Our Governments talk about dealing seriously with pimps and john's .
It seems to depend who the pimp or john is.

February 15, 2001    Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Girl who forced 15-year-old into prostitution gets probation.
A 15-year-old girl who forced another girl to sell herself on the street has been sentenced to 18 months probation.
The girl who cannot be named under provisions of the Young Offenders Act, completed a 28 day
alcohol treatment program before receiving the sentence Monday in Saskatoon Provincial Court.
The teen plead guilty in January to procuring, assault and breach of probation.
In November the girl beat up another 15 year old girl at a West side house then coerced her into dressing in tight clothing before taking her to 21st St. West.
There the offender told her victim where and how to stand to attract attention of men who cruise the area looking to buy sex from girls and women who loiter in the area.
When an older man, who had been circling the block stopped and asked the victim if she was working, the girl told her to go with him and get $60.00.
Once inside the car the victim told the man what had happened and asked him to take her to a walk in clinic which he did.
She then reported the incident to police.
 
 

January    2002  Update
January 29,2002

Four teenage girls, and 55 year-old man  arrested.
Saskatoon police have arrested 4 more teenage girls and a 55 year old School teacher from Little Pine First Nation.
Fedrick Vernon Slater  was released from custody on the condition he have no contact with the seven girls, aged 15,16,17 who he is alleged to have paid for sex at various times between January1,1999 and December 31,2001

The four girls are charged with living off the avails of a child prostitute, procuring and attempting to procure a child into prostitution and assault. The events took place between September 2000 and July 2001.
The victims were 13 years old at the time

Saskatoon StarPhoenix
January 30, 2002
Girls who forced 11- year- old into sex trade plead for mercy

The unspeakable horror of one 11-year-old girls forced introduction into Saskatoon's sex trade emerged Tuesday as the two teen girls who sold her innocence to a 44-year-old pedophile begged a judge not to send them to jail.
"Hannah" and "Dawn", whose real identities are protected by the Young Offenders Act
were 16 when they beat "Cindy" into submission and flagged down Norbert Dumais, a paroled sex offender cruising the city's west side on a November night in 1999.
After Dumais ignored her pleas for help, Hannah and Dawn forced Cindy to perform oral sex on him, then held her legs apart while he raped her.
The girls were paid $ 45.00 plus a pack of cigarettes.
Dumais was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Hannah was sentenced to 18 months and dawn 6 months. Both girls will be on probation for one year after their release.

December Update

DECEMBER 10, 2001 , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
 

Girl, 15 charged for pimping
A 15-year-old girl was charged over the weekend for pimping and trying to force another girl to get involved in the sex trade.
The vice unit of the Saskatoon Police Service arrested the teen near 21st Street Friday night. She is facing charges of procuring, uttering threats, assault, causing bodily harm theft and breach of probation. She is in custody at Kilburn Hall, a youth detention facility and is to appear in court on Tuesday. The charges come after a complaint to police in November. The teen is the third girl under 16 to be charged with pimping this year.
 
 
 

NOVEMBER UPDATE

November  23  2001   Saskatoon StarPhoenix
 

Man 49 appears on prostitution charge

A 49 year-old-man is accused of trying to pick up a 15-year-old prostitute on Saskatoon's stroll earlier this month.
Police have charged Michael Haile Abraha with communicating for the purpose of prostitution involving a child under 18 years of age. He made a brief appearance in provincial court this week and is scheduled to return next month to enter a plea.
The charge was laid after officers observed a man speaking to the girl who is known to be engaged in the sex trade, near 20th Street and Avenue I at about 11:40 p.m. on November 7,
said Saskatoon police spokesperson Staff Sgt. Keith Atkinson.
 

Thank you  Cheryl from Ottawa for coming out on patrol with us. It was great meeting you and hopefully we gave you a few tips on how to get the slime ball john's out of your neighborhood.
I know you  and Colleen were a great help to us.
We are really looking forward to your next visit to Saskatoon and we will have the media available and plan our cross Canada Convention.
June 2002 would be a good target date.
Thank you again Cheryl and group from Ottawa. Never give up. Our communities need all of us.

Here is another news story from Saskatoon:

Two men appear in court on prostitution charges

Two men accused of trying to buy sex in Saskatoon's stroll area made their first appearances in provincial court Thursday November 8, 2001.
Keith Scott Argue, 33, was charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution on October 18, 2001.
A man picked up a young woman at the corner of 21st Street and Avenue K at about 11:20 p.m. and negotiated a sex act for $ 20.00. Saskatoon spokesperson Sgt. Keith Atkinson said.
Argue is scheduled to return to court November 29.
Nolan Michael Williams was charged with the same offense, as well as breaching an undertaking by failing to keep the peace, on October 25. A man attempted to buy sex from an undercover police officer at the corner of 20th Street and avenue J at about 11 p.m. Atkinson said.
Williams is scheduled to return to court December 5 to enter a plea.
 
 
 

I will take a few exerts from this story as it is very long.
Anyone wanting a copy please call me.
(306)    934 6458

Man gets two years in jail for pimping girlfriend

Patrick Neapetung, 37, was described by is lawyer as " a man of addictions"... a man, like any man, who has choices, choices that could have been made, should have been made, and choices that he did make."
Justice Ted Malone found Neapetung guilty last month of procuring and living off the avails of prostitution as well as assault and pointing a firearm.
His victim said her six month involvement with Neapetung, changed her life. " I suffer from depression and have even attempted suicide, I am  mentally and physically scared for life".

NOTE:    I would say that Neapetung is Inherently Evil and got off far too easy.

OCTOBER 2001 UPDATE:

It has been a very busy summer for R.O.C.C.  We are seeing an improvement in our neighborhood. The police have been conducting regular john stings so these slime balls are not
as bold as they once were. We will be meeting with our new Police Chief  as soon as we can. I understand he has come here from Calgary. R.O.C.C. will accept nothing less than zero tolerance to crime in our neighborhood.

Here are two new news stories Saskatoon StarPhoinex

October 26,2001

Calgary man faces prostitution charge

Saskatoon police have charged a 47-year-old Calgary man with communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Lawrence Schrader was arrested on 20th Street West at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a man attempted to buy sex from an undercover police officer.
Schrader was also charged with sexual assault in connection with the incident, but that charge was stayed  Thursday by Crown prosecutor Dan Dahl during Schrader's first court appearance.
Dahl consented to Schrader's release on an undertaking requiring him to return to court Nov.29 to enter a plea.
 
 
 

October 22, 2001
 

Regina man faces prostitution charge

A 33-year old Regina man has been charged in Saskatoon with communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
The man was arrested early Friday morning by Police who were conducting an undercover operation around 20th Street and Avenue I. Police observed the man approaching a known sex trade worker.
THE MAN WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY LATER THAT DAY AND IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT IN NOVEMBER.

August 2001  Update:

These posters have been appearing on city property on 19th, 20th and 21st streets here in Saskatoon.
We are sending off letters to city council and police to see what can be done. It seems the harder Tax payers of a community try to clean  up their  streets  the  harder the criminal element try to re-establish , reaffirm and support the street prostitute and other criminals.
Here is the poster. What do you think?

WORKING?
Are you sick of being told to get off the streets?
Are you tired of being treated like shit by the cops and community groups?
Do you want more control over your work?
Do you want to be safer at work?
Do you want a safe place where you can talk to other sex workers?
The Sex Worker Solidarity Collective offers free food, kids' clothes, health and legal information, and organizing support. We are working with you to decriminalize sex work and get sex organized.
Call Dave or Jen at 955-9031 for more information.

WHORE
Saturdays 10:30 until midnight.

This poster and a letter is going to the police, city council and the government.
ARE THESE PEOPLE PIMPS?

READ ON

Saskatoon StarPhoinex
City man charged in prostitution sting

Saskatoon Police have charged a 70 year-old man with obtaining sexual services from a child
prostitute.
Clifford Mann made a brief first appearance in provincial court Friday and was released from custody on a promise to return to court September 10, 2001.
He was arrested late Thursday night after an under couver operation in which Saskatoon police vice unit officers allege he  made a deal for sex with two girls aged 15 and 16.
Mann's release conditions include a clause that he not enter the area of Saskatoon known as the   stroll- though court heard he lives only one block away from the edge of that zone,
on Avenue X.
"He can find a way around" said Judge Albert Lavoie.
 
 
 

I have to wonder what this guy tells his family?
 

Saskatoon Police News
June 26, 2001

Encounter With Prostitute Goes Bad

A male had a bad experience with a prostitute in the area of the 400 block 3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon , when he was beat up and stabbed by a group of her friends.
The male was taken to Royal University Hospital where he remains. His injuries are not life threatening.

WATCH FOR SOME NEW INNOVATIVE LAWS DEALING WITH  john's COMING OUT OF SASKATCHEWAN

Seize cars linked to sex trade, committee urges
StarPhoenix June 28,2001

Regina-- Saskatchewan residents charged with prostitution offenses will have their vehicles impounded and police will get new powers to investigate the possible abuse of children involved in the sex trade, if the government accepts recommendations handed down Wednesday by a special committee of the legislature.
The committee recommends a mandatory fine of $25,000 for john's, $ 25,000
for pimps and  $5000 fine for men who frequent the stroll area for no valid reason.

Note: You john's all know the license plate numbers we have been gathering for three years now . Well the police have them all on record. Keep coming into my neighborhood and your pocketbook will be much lighter.

"HOW ABOUT THIS ONE"

HERE IS ANOTHER NEWS STORY

'Scared'  sex attacker begs court for mercy
June 19, 2001
City man sentenced to 18 month term for assaults on prostitutes
Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Terrified at the possibility of serving time in a federal penitentiary, Jeffrey Bodnaruk broke down sobbing at Court of Queen Bench on Monday in his first public show of emotion over his series of attacks on young sex trade workers.
Gulping for air and visibly shaking, the 22-year- old truck driver told Justice Ted Malone, " I'm sorry for what I've done.
His tears dried up after Malone sentenced him to 18 months in a provincial jail  followed by two years of probation  -   far less then than the 5 years recommended by Crown prosecutor Sheryl Fillo.
Malone convicted Bodnaruk in April of two counts of uttering threats, one count of assaulting a woman with an ice scrapper, one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of common assault in connection with four incidents involving three teenage girls between August 1999 and February 2000.
Bodnaruk picked the girl up on the stroll  in his father's car and made deals with  them for oral sex, though he admitted at trial that he never intended to pay them. He used threats and beatings to force sex from them instead.
Two of the incidents took place in an alley behind a home on Haviland Crescent were he lived with his parents.
Having spent the last two months on remand at the Saskatoon Correctional Center, Bodnaruk has had time to  " sit back and think about what's happened " defence lawyer Morris Bodnar said at the sentencing hearing.
He described his client as "scared" at the prospect of going to the penitentiary where his "young boyish features" would leave him vulnerable to other inmates and repeated the defence's theory that the girls only pressed charges because Bodnaruk wouldn't pay them.
 
 
 
 

Note: R.O.C.C. street patrol turned reports into police for 3 years on this  guy.

Man to stand trial on child sex charge
June 14, 2001     Saskatoon StarPhoenix

A judge has ordered Kenneth Earnest Knock to stand trial on five charges of communicating for the purpose of paying to have sex with a child.
Knock 64, is accused of posing as a former street outreach worker and friend to girls in their early teens, then paying them to have sex with him.
Judge Mary Turpel-Lafond committed Knock to trial following a preliminary hearing, which ended Wednesday.
Turpel-Lafond also ordered Knock to be tried in court of Queen's Bench on one charge of possessing child pornography , seven counts of  possessing and  trafficking in marijuana and prescription drugs, two firearms charges and one of obstructing justice.
No date was set.
Knock will have a separate trial in provincial court on one charge of communicating for the purpose of prostitution and two charges of possession of a controlled substance. The hearing has been set for Dec. 20 , 2001
The Crown will not proceed on four other counts of communicating for the purpose of paying to have sex with a child, one count of possessing child pornography, two counts of trafficking in controlled substances and two weapons charges

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Hanley man faces more child sex related charges
Saskatoon StarPhoenix,     June 13 2001

A 64 year- old man facing a raft of charges related to the child sex industry had 10 new charges laid against  him as his preliminary hearing began in provincial court on Tuesday.
Kenneth Earnest Knock is accused of preying on child prostitutes while posing as a friend and former outreach worker trying to help them.
He was arrested in February after a 14 year old girl applied for a court order against a man she had come to know while working as a prostitute, saying he began following and harassing her when she decided to leave the street and check into a woman's shelter.
Street outreach workers from Egadz have said they had reports of a man falsely claiming to be a former Egadz worker and approaching girls on the stroll.
The ensuing investigation by Saskatoon Vice unit has resulted in more charges against Knock, in connection with several other girls in their early teens.
Search warrant documents indicate Knock has a previous conviction for sexual assault involving a nine-year-old girl in British Columbia.
Police found drugs, a loaded gun, a sex aid and nude photographs of local prostitutes in his home and a motor home in Hanley, the document states.
Knock who is being held in custody, faced a total of 18 drug charges, weapons, child pornography and prostitution-related charge prior to Mondays court appearance when 10 more charges were added to the list.
The new charges include one count of obstructing justice by attempting to contact witnesses to
discourage them from testifying against him.
His charge now includes nine counts of communicating for the purpose of sex with a child prostitute, two counts of possession of child pornography, 11 counts of possession and trafficking in marijuana and a variety of prescription pills, four weapons-related offenses, obstructing  justice and communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Knock's preliminary hearing being held to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial, is expected to conclude today. The evidence presented at this hearing is subject to a publication ban.
 
 
 
 

May 24,2001

Alabama legislature to outlaw prostitution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The state Senate voted to make prostitution a crime statewide, closing a loophole that allows streetwalkers to ply their trade in some un incorporated areas.
The measure, approved by the Senate in the closing hours of its final day in session Monday, makes it illegal to buy or sell sex.
Gov. Don Siegelman plans to sign the measure into law, said Paul Hamrick, the governor's chief of staff.
The Legislature passed laws in 1977 to punish pimps and madams for promoting prostitution, but the laws didn't target prostitutes and their customers.
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May 8, 2001
Man convicted in prostitution sting

A Winnipeg trucker who argued police used entrapment in the undercover sting that led to his arrest for communicating for the purpose of prostitution last year was convicted in Saskatoon provincial court Monday.
Judge Ron Bell gave Gerald Wayne Boudreau 43, a $ 300.00 fine after handing down a guilty verdict.
 

Teacher spared criminal record for police chase
March 30, 2001
Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Saskatoon high school teacher Brian Scott will not receive a criminal record for evading police if he abides by his sentence after his lawyer argued he has been punished enough by press coverage surrounding a Feb. 16 incident involving a known prostitute.
Scott 53, pleaded guilty in provincial court Thursday to a single count of failing to stop for police. Crown prosecutor Warren Holmes entered a sty of proceedings on a charge of dangerous driving.
Judge Robert Jackson handed down a six-month conditional discharge. The conviction will not appear on his record if he stays out of trouble during the term.
Scott also received a six-month driving suspension.
Members of the Saskatoon police vice unit were patrolling the area known as the  "stroll" in an unmarked car when they saw Scott, in a black jeep, park by a curb on Avenue K South, Holmes told court.
The officers saw Scott gesture for a known prostitute to get into his car, Holmes said.
After she got in, the officers, followed Scott and brought out their red and blue lights to pull him over, but instead he sped up, Holmes said.
The five-minute chase through west side neighborhoods at speeds of 65 km-h  did not end until after the girl bailed out of the car and fled through a yard.
Scott was arrested after pulling into a driveway off a back alley and turning off his lights.
" The officers were of the view that he was trying to evade them at that point," Holmes said.
He asked Jackson to impose a $ 500 fine and a driving suspension, and argued against a conditional discharge because of the nature of the driving offense.
But defense lawyer Bill Roe told court the industrial arts teacher, who has been married for 30 years and has four children, has suffered a high degree of punishment already because of media coverage.

March 20, 2001

Man in court accused of attempt to buy sex
A 30-year-old man appeared in provincial court Monday charged with two counts of communicating for the purpose of prostitution with two girls aged 15 and 16.
Richard Friesen was charged Feb. 1 after police were called to a residence in Sutherland to answer a complaint about two teens damaging a vehicle, Saskatoon police Staff Sgt. Al Sather said.
When police arrived, they discovered the two girls had been picked up on the "stroll", he said.
"The problem (with the car) happened after this person refused to pay for services rendered", said Sather.
The girls have been charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution. There names cannot be published under the Young Offenders Act.
Friesen is scheduled to return to court next month.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE:

StarPhoenix  March 10,   2001

City teacher suspended with pay
A Saskatoon teacher has been suspended with pay by the Public School Board after he allegedly refused to stop his vehicle for members of the police vice squad who claim he picked up a young prostitute.
At the same time , an official with the provincial teachers  federation said it doubts it will have to hand out any punishment if teacher Brian Scott  is convicted, since only traffic offenses are involved.
Scott is charged with dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.
"At this point we will just allow the justice system to follow their due course and procedures",
said Wayne Clements, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF).
I'm not sure there will be something for us to do. "There's a real possibility that we won't be involved because there were no prostitution related charges".
STF disciplinary measures range from a reprimand to a recommendation that a member's teaching certificate be re-voked.
Scott has denied being in  the stroll on the night of the incident but sid he was near the area. In an earlier interview, he would not discuss why the police attempted to pull him over or the allegation there was a young woman in his car.
The public board announced Scott's suspension Friday.
"It is with regret that (the board) presents the following information regarding one of its teachers," said Rene Baxter, director of education.
"Mr. Scott has a good record with the school division as a teacher for the past 22 years. There have been no previous incidents of this sort that have come to our attention."
Administrators and school board members met Friday  morning with Scott, a 53-yeaold industrial arts instructor at Bedford Road Collegiate, and determined the charges against him warranted a suspension until his court date later this month.
After the criminal case concludes, the board will determine if "further actions are necessary regarding his employment with the board," said Terry Kikcio, executive liaison with the board.
The board will also conduct an investigation in co-operation with police into the charges, before Scott's next court date on March 21.
Kikcio said there is no typical process that unfolds when an employee is accused of breaking the law.
" If it's a speeding ticket, we won't  do anything .
If it's something more serious, until we know otherwise, we need to investigate with the police and take it from there when all the facts come in," he said.
Students and staff at Bedford were told about the investigation, Bedford officials would not return phone calls Friday.
Saskatoon police Staff Sgt. Al Sather said the incident with Scott began at about 8:15 p.m.
on Feb. 16, when members of the police morality unit were in the "stroll," n area frequented by prostitutes.
The officers observed a man picking up a young woman, who had been standing against a warehouse in the 300 block of Avenue K South. After she got into the man's car , police followed and signaled for him to pull over. He did not , and a chase ensued.
The pursuit, at relatively lo speeds of 65 kmh, continued through west side neighborhoods until the car stopped and police saw the woman get out and run through a yard.
The car then pulled into a driveway off a back lane in the 800 block of Avenue H South, where the suspect was arrested. There have been no prostitution charges laid since the woman was not located and has not been positively identified.
 
 

Man Pleads guilty to Soliciting Prostitute
A  45 year old Saskatoon  man pleaded guilty to a charge of communicating for the purpose of buying sex from a prostitute
Russell Torry was charged last year and pleaded not guilty. He had planned to represent himself at a trial in provincial court Wednesday, but entered a guilty plea instead.
Torry received a $ 500.00 fine and six months probation. During his probation period he is ordered to stay  outside the area  of Saskatoon known as the "stroll"
 
 
 

March 2, 2001
Thankyou Calgary for the links to the other web pages , most informative
Be sure and check out these pages.
 
 

February 11,  2001
The New Year is beginning with a new spirit of determination for  R.O.C.C.
We have seen a decrease in john traffic as well as fewer prostitutes on the stroll area.
The Police have been conducting john and hooker stings on a regular basis.
We are turning in all lone male license numbers to the the Police Vice Department.
I believe we are getting a lot more respect from the Police now  that they see we can make a difference  in our community.
We are still having a problem with the outreach vans, who believe  feeding  and supporting  the hookers out  here is the way to solve this problem.
The only way to solve the prostitution problem is to get rid of the customer.
THE john's ARE NOT WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY OR ANY OTHER.
john's, GET THE MESSAGE!!
 

HAPPY 2001  all  friends across Canada. The work our web pages have done is being noticed.
I ran in the Federal Election for the Liberal Government. I wasn't elected but the people in our governments know who we are.
 

January 27,  2001
Thank you to all you web pages who got back to me about becoming more proactive . I can understand your  hesitancy. Don't let the john's scare you these guys are old, ugly, slimeballs.
I hope you all remember that the license numbers you gather must be turned over to the Morality (Vice)
division of your Police Department.
Be sure and work with the Police.
The only way to get  the john's out of our communities is with Police help.
Thank you  (Ottawa) for putting me onto the Snakepit.
The Police are now onto it too.

   When gas prices are so high how can so many guys keep cruising our streets all night?
 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Man pleads guilty on prostitution charge

A 36-year-old Saskatoon Man pleaded guilty Monday to communicating for the purpose of prostitution .
Gordon Michael Chrun was charged after he tried to buy sex from an undercover police officer at Avenue M and 21st street on September 10,2000. Provincial Court Judge Gerald Seniuk fined him $ 250.00.
Crown prosecutor Paul Goldstein told court Chrun drove past an undercover officer twice before pulling  into a nearby alley to speak to her. When she told him she  had a room at a local  hotel, he drove to an instant teller  with her following in a separate vehicle.
After they negotiated a price for a sexual act, Chrun told her he would follow her to the hotel, but had second thoughts and drove off, Goldstein said.
Defense lawyer Rod Gillies said "Chrun made a huge error in judgment "
and regretted it moments later. Chrun owns a business and has a wife and two children. He regrets the humiliation he caused himself and his family ,Gillies said.

I have to wonder if this was this man's first time or the first time he got caught?

Thursday November 9, 2000
The StarPhoenix
Saskatoon

Prostitution related charge laid against man

 A Saskatoon man has been charged with attempting to procure an 18-year-old woman to become a prostitute.
Lawrence Kyle Bear 25, was arrested Monday after police were called to a house on Avenue R South and spoke to a woman, who complained that a man had assaulted her.
Saskatoon Police Staff Sgt. Al Sather said officers investigated her complaint and found enough evidence to charge Bear with assault.
The woman later complained of a second assault, and during the investigation into that allegation, the woman claimed a man threatened her in an attempt to get her to work for him as a prostitute. Sather said her name would not be released.
In addition to the procuring charge, Bear faces two counts, of common assault and one count of uttering threats.
Bear appeared in provincial court Wednesday for a bail hearing, which is scheduled to continue next week. He is in custody.
 
 

SASKATOON MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO BUY SEX
A 45 year-old Saskatoon man has been charged with attempting to obtain sexual services from a prostitute.
Russell Torry made his first appearance in provincial court Tuesday charged with communication for the purpose of prostitution. He is scheduled to return to court December 12, to enter a plea.
 
 

November 4, 2000
News Story , Saskatoon StarPhoenix

MEN APPEAR IN COURT ON PROSTITUTION CHARGES

Two men appeared in provincial court this week charged with communication for the purpose of prostitution.
Dwayne Howard Armstrong, 32 ,was charged after attempting to buy sexual services from an undercover police officer in a vehicle on 11th street may 10. He pleaded guilty October 30th and received a $ 500.00 fine and a $ 50.00 surcharge.
Bo Gao ,19, was charged following an incident Oct. 21. He made his first appearance in provincial court Thursday, when the matter was adjourned to November 15.
 

OCTOBER 28,2000
    News Story Saturday October 28,2000
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

Man pleads guilty, fined for attempt to buy sex

A 30-year-old Saskatoon man who tried to buy sex from an undercover police officer pleaded guilty and received a $ 1000.00 fine Thursday.
Trevor Dean Ternowski entered the plea at his first appearance in provincial court. He was charged with communication for the purpose of prostitution  during a police sting operation in the downtown area on Oct. 11. In addition to the fine , Ternowski was put on probation for six months, one of the terms of his probation forbids him from entering the area known as the "stroll " where prostitutes work.

This story was on page A4, it should have been on the front page . We need more of these .
Thank you to our City Police Morality . Keep up the good work.
 

July, 2000
R.O.C.C (Renewing our Community Committee) went  out on patrol last night as we do several nights of every week  to keep up the pressure on the sick johns coming into our neighborhood to pick up prostitutes.
There were a few hookers out and some johns looking , but things are improving.
The sick thing we saw was  a middle aged couple, drunk, having doggy style sex in a back alley. I don't really believe what I see sometimes. It is bad enough to see drunks falling down but sex in the great outdoors in plain view of anyone who comes along is really sick.

The anti-social behavior we continue  see is very disturbing.
 I  should have  had my camera . The city of Saskatoon Council would have had a copy of this picture .
Maybe they will see that we really have a problem in some parts of our city.
 

JUNE, 2000  UPDATE

R.O.C.C. is pleased to see the new web sites from Vancouver ,Ottawa and Toronto. We can have a real impact on the elimination of the Scum bag johns in our communities with the effort we are putting in . Congratulations all of you hard working friends.

REMEMBER OUR TARGET HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE  "john's" . WE NEED LAWS TO MAKE ALL FORMS OF STREET PROSTITUTION  ILLEGAL. We must get the message out that buying sex is the most horrible form of abuse.

I am pleased to say after two years of reporting License numbers to the police  our stroll area is improving every day.  The Saskatoon Police have been conducting regular hooker  and "john" stings, and have arrested over 50 prostitutes and a few "johns" . They even got a "john" with cocaine. Several large drug busts too.

It just goes to show what an effort by a small group can do in a community to get rid of criminal activity.

I was in Edmonton last week and had a look at their stroll area. Not good .

My son works on 118th Avenue . He has been successful in moving the prostitutes off his block. We need someone in every block doing the same thing.

If we can be of assistance to any group in Edmonton on getting a web site going or assist in your patrols please email me at  sk-ho-train@shaw.ca

REMEMBER  the  "johns" are the criminals. Buying sex is the most disgusting  form of abuse used on another human being.

Since the prostitutes will not testify against the   "john's" the Police have a very hard time getting charges or convictions  of the "john's". Our only hope is to expose these men for the scum they are and hopefully shame them into staying out of our communities.  Without the "johns" we have no prostitutes - without the prostitutes we have no "johns" and without them all we have peace and safety in our communities.

PROSTITUTION IS THE LIFELINE TO ALL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
 
 

 THE TEN MOST STUPID THINGS HO-DADDY'S SAY

Sometimes we get into conversations with men cruising the stroll and picking up known prostitutes. When we ask them what they are doing in our community ,we get some interesting answers.

 These are all true stories .

(1) I just hired this girl to go out to my farm to care for my old wife who is in a wheel chair.

(2) I am helping the outreach people get these girls off the street.

(3) I am paying good money to keep three of these girls off the street and I am just making sure they are not working out here.

(4) One semi driver said he was looking for his daughter, he had no idea if she was native or how old she was or even what her name was. He said he would know when he found her.

(5) I think my mother is out here.

(6) One farmer cruised around the back alleys  for 30 minutes where four prostitutes were hanging around; when I asked him what he was doing he said he was looking for a downtown hotel.

(7) A semi driver  caught  trying to pick up a young native hooker  at 12.30 A.M. in a back alley said he was looking for old cars.

(8) Well this is the stroll isn't it?

(9) One cruiser said" Do you have a problem with men having sex? Are you jealous?"

(10) The driver of an Alberta truck said he was looking for his buddy who lived in a blue house and drove a black truck. He had no idea what his buddy's  name was or his address.