WrinkledinTime
12-18-2009, 12:14 PM
From The Record, 18 Dec 2009, by Cherri Greeno:
KITCHENER — A Toronto man is expected to make a court appearance this morning after being charged with keeping a common bawdy house inside a Kitchener hotel.
Waterloo Regional Police say they discovered a brothel, inside a hotel room Tuesday after receiving a tip that a missing Kitchener woman was seen there.
“Information they received when they arrived at the hotel led them to be suspicious that illegal sexual activities were taking place, which prompted further investigation,” said Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson Olaf Heinzel.
“This is very rare. We don’t have too many kinds of these incidents,” Heinzel said.
When officers went to a specific hotel room they found three women and a man inside. The women — two from Toronto and one from Kitchener — were between the ages of 15 and 20.
Police allege that money was exchanged for sex in the hotel room.
Heinzel would not say what hotel the bawdy house was found in.
Police say there was no indication that the women were forcibly confined. One of the Toronto women has been charged with possession of drugs.
The women were all taken away from the hotel.
A 25-year-old Toronto man, aged 25, was arrested and charged with personation, obstruct police, procuring and keeping a common bawdy-house.
The personation and obstruct police charge was laid after police allege the man gave false information about who he was at the time of his arrest.
Canada’s Criminal Code refers to a common bawdy-house as a place that is kept or occupied for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency.
Heinzel said this case is part of an ongoing investigation into illegal sexual activities within the region.
“Although this particular situation is rare, our overall goal is to identify illegal sexual activities,” in the area, he said.
The charged man is expected to make a video appearance in Kitchener court this afternoon.
Update (http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/646684):
Court documents show the address as 2960 King St. E., Kitchener, which is the location of the Radisson Hotel.
A manager at the hotel refused comment Friday.
KITCHENER — A Toronto man is expected to make a court appearance this morning after being charged with keeping a common bawdy house inside a Kitchener hotel.
Waterloo Regional Police say they discovered a brothel, inside a hotel room Tuesday after receiving a tip that a missing Kitchener woman was seen there.
“Information they received when they arrived at the hotel led them to be suspicious that illegal sexual activities were taking place, which prompted further investigation,” said Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson Olaf Heinzel.
“This is very rare. We don’t have too many kinds of these incidents,” Heinzel said.
When officers went to a specific hotel room they found three women and a man inside. The women — two from Toronto and one from Kitchener — were between the ages of 15 and 20.
Police allege that money was exchanged for sex in the hotel room.
Heinzel would not say what hotel the bawdy house was found in.
Police say there was no indication that the women were forcibly confined. One of the Toronto women has been charged with possession of drugs.
The women were all taken away from the hotel.
A 25-year-old Toronto man, aged 25, was arrested and charged with personation, obstruct police, procuring and keeping a common bawdy-house.
The personation and obstruct police charge was laid after police allege the man gave false information about who he was at the time of his arrest.
Canada’s Criminal Code refers to a common bawdy-house as a place that is kept or occupied for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency.
Heinzel said this case is part of an ongoing investigation into illegal sexual activities within the region.
“Although this particular situation is rare, our overall goal is to identify illegal sexual activities,” in the area, he said.
The charged man is expected to make a video appearance in Kitchener court this afternoon.
Update (http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/646684):
Court documents show the address as 2960 King St. E., Kitchener, which is the location of the Radisson Hotel.
A manager at the hotel refused comment Friday.