Super Creep:
He hunts for innocents
Searching in our suburban malls, he lures unsuspecting girls into
prostitution
Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun
Published: Saturday, December 09, 2006
The story began mundanely with a phone call in October 2005 to Vancouver
Det. Const. Oscar Ramos. A contact told Ramos there was someone
he and his partner, Det. Const. Raymond Payette, should meet. She
was 15 years old and needed help.Ramos and Payette were quick to
agree to the meeting. Through various departmental reorganizations
and program shifts, they had spent close to five years trying to
keep children out of prostitution and to deter men from buying sex.
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| Girl sexually
assaulted live online
CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, December 08, 2006
A 29-year-old man has been charged after a U.S. undercover cop he
met online found he was sexually assaulting a 13-year-old female
relative live on his webcam.
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| Child
abuse policy under fire
By Andrea Lavigne, Victoria News
Nov 01 2006
The Greater Victoria school district's child safety regulations
are inadequate, says a parent. A mother who's son allegedly suffered
sexual assault and harassment from a known offender told school
trustees at a board meeting last month that the school district's
regulations are not sufficient.
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Dad locked up son, 9
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, October 13, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Randall Piercy, 41, has been charged with
torturing his nine-year-old son by keeping him locked in a bedroom
for much of the past three years, a surveillance camera tracking
his every move. The home was like a prison that had cameras in
almost every room, with the father monitoring the boy on television
and computer screens, Sheriff's Lt. Annie Smith said.
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Why was Jamie Charlie left with his sister's killer?
Iinvestigator's report: Tot stayed with violent
uncle
Michael Smyth, The Province
Published: Friday, October 20, 2006
For five months after his younger sister was viciously battered
to death, three-year-old Jamie Charlie had to live under the
same roof with the violent foster father who killed the little
girl. Even worse, Jamie was forced to live with the falsehood
that he had killed his own baby sister. The three-year-old underwent
psychological counselling to probe and analyze the despicable
lie that he had pushed 11-month-old Sherry down the stairs in
a fight.
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Boy left in van prompts day care rule change - the
North Shore News
James Weldon
jweldon@nsnews.com
A North Vancouver day-care centre has changed its procedures
after a staff member accidentally left an eight-year-old boy
unattended in the back of a van for half an hour. The incident
took place Sept. 25 after a driver for Top Drawer Daycare picked
up the boy and a number of other kids from the day care's main
location to drop them off at school.
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Another tragedy may be waiting to happen
Children's agency failing to protect kids, says native leader
Brian Lewis, The Province
Published: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Is there another tragedy waiting to happen to an aboriginal
child because governments can't get their acts together? A recent
report by B.C. child and youth officer Jane Morley slamming
the placement of Sherry Charlie's three-year-old brother in
the Port Alberni home of the 19-month-old girl's convicted killer
may be only the tip of the bureaucratic iceberg.
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