City cops are on the lookout for an escort in a welding truck.
The hunt comes after a theft from a hotel near the City Centre Airport early yesterday.
Police got a call at 2:10 a.m. from a man who reported his Ford F-350 had been stolen from the parking lot of a Best Western near Princess Elizabeth Avenue and 109 Street.
"A guy showed up off the oil rigs, went to a hotel, called a familiar escort that he always hung around with, and unfortunately things went sideways after that," said Insp. Ken MacKay.
The F-350 had been converted to a welding truck. As of last night, the truck was still missing.
No further details were available on the identity of the suspect.
The john "ended up losing his truck and some money and a bunch of other stuff," said MacKay.
Kate Quinn, head of the Prostitution Action and Awareness Foundation of Edmonton, said johns should be aware they can be victimized too.
"They can become victims of extortion. They can become victims of assault. And we do warn them about that (in john school)."
She said it's not uncommon that johns become victims of the "badger game."
"A woman lures the man in and there's a couple of guys waiting with crowbars and they beat him up, and they get his debit card and force his PIN number out of him."
There was no word on whether the victim of yesterday's truck theft was assaulted.
Quinn said not many victims come forward to police because of fear and shame over how they've gotten themselves into the situation. She said yesterday's incident should be a lesson to johns.
"You're not in the driver's seat. You too could become a victim of violence, and extortion and diseases.
"What the men have to realize is they're not a person (to prostitutes and pimps.) They're just
money."
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2006/08/14/1753405-sun.html
The hunt comes after a theft from a hotel near the City Centre Airport early yesterday.
Police got a call at 2:10 a.m. from a man who reported his Ford F-350 had been stolen from the parking lot of a Best Western near Princess Elizabeth Avenue and 109 Street.
"A guy showed up off the oil rigs, went to a hotel, called a familiar escort that he always hung around with, and unfortunately things went sideways after that," said Insp. Ken MacKay.
The F-350 had been converted to a welding truck. As of last night, the truck was still missing.
No further details were available on the identity of the suspect.
The john "ended up losing his truck and some money and a bunch of other stuff," said MacKay.
Kate Quinn, head of the Prostitution Action and Awareness Foundation of Edmonton, said johns should be aware they can be victimized too.
"They can become victims of extortion. They can become victims of assault. And we do warn them about that (in john school)."
She said it's not uncommon that johns become victims of the "badger game."
"A woman lures the man in and there's a couple of guys waiting with crowbars and they beat him up, and they get his debit card and force his PIN number out of him."
There was no word on whether the victim of yesterday's truck theft was assaulted.
Quinn said not many victims come forward to police because of fear and shame over how they've gotten themselves into the situation. She said yesterday's incident should be a lesson to johns.
"You're not in the driver's seat. You too could become a victim of violence, and extortion and diseases.
"What the men have to realize is they're not a person (to prostitutes and pimps.) They're just
money."
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2006/08/14/1753405-sun.html