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CBC
12-03-2025
- CBC
Man accused of illegal tracking in Saskatoon facing 34 new charges
Warning: this story contains details of sexual assault. A man accused of planting GPS trackers on vehicles in Saskatoon is facing 34 new charges, police say. Police also say they have identified additional victims, bringing the total number to 17. In January, the Saskatoon Police Service announced that Marty Schira, 46, had been arrested and was facing 36 charges including harassment, intimidation, mischief, fraudulent use of a computer system and fraudulent concealment of a computer system. At the time, police said they had identified seven instances of trackers discovered on vehicles. The devices were found underneath the vehicle, inside the rear fender wall, near the tire, they said. Police also said some of the victims were unknown to Schira. The investigation began on Sept. 6, 2024, after a citizen reported having found two GPS trackers on his vehicle. It led officers to search an apartment in the 2000 block of 20th Street West, where they found more trackers. Police also said they didn't believe they had found all of his GPS trackers at that time and encouraged residents to check their vehicles. Even more charges expected In an update to the case provided to CBC News on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said the 34 new charges were laid last week and Schira currently faces a total of 70 charges. Police also said one more tracker was recovered last week, bringing the total number of trackers recovered to 11. Investigators also expect further charges to be laid. Meanwhile, police are reminding the public to check their vehicles for these trackers and to report it to the police service "for appropriate evidence recovery." Schira's case was heard in Saskatoon provincial court Wednesday morning and has been adjourned until later this month. He remains in custody. In May 2004, Schira pleaded guilty in a Calgary provincial courtroom to sexual assault and kidnapping. According to an agreed statement of facts, Schira abducted a woman at gunpoint as she was walking in her hometown of Rosetown, Sask., in June 2003. Court documents say Schira drove her to Calgary, sexually assaulting her both in his vehicle on the way to the city and inside his apartment. He was originally sentenced to 14 years in prison. However, later that year, the Alberta Court of Appeal reduced his sentence to 13 years. According to documents from the Parole Board of Canada in 2017, Schira stabbed a correctional officer with a protractor in June 2013, resulting in two years being added to his sentence. The document quotes Schira's case management team, saying he has made little progress addressing his offending behaviour, including violence, sexual deviancy and mental health deficiencies. The parole board said at the time that if Schira was released he was likely to reoffend, causing serious harm to another person, before the end of his sentence. A psychological risk assessment completed in December 2016 said Schira presented features of various schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Ending Violence Association of Canada database. If you're in immediate danger or fear for your safety or that of others around you, please call 911.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Man accused of putting GPS trackers on vehicle; Saskatoon police warn drivers to look out for more trackers
A 46-year-old Saskatoon has been charged after GPS trackers were secretly attached to another man's vehicle, and police say they believe there may be more trackers out there. The issue came to light on Sept. 6, when a person contacted Saskatoon police to report having found two trackers on his vehicle, the police service said in a Wednesday news release. Police say their investigation identified a suspect, and a search warrant was executed at an apartment in the 2000 block of 20th Street W., in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood, where officers say they found several more GPS trackers. Marty Schira, a 46-year-old Saskatoon man, was arrested and charged with two counts of harassment, two counts of mischief, two counts of intimidation and one count of fraudulent concealment. Police say they've recovered six GPS trackers, but based on information gathered during their investigation, they believe more trackers are outstanding. They're asking the public to contact the police if they locate one on their vehicle. The trackers are typically wrapped in black tape and placed inside the fender of the vehicle, police said in Wednesday's news release. Investigators ask that anyone who finds what they believe may be a tracking device not to remove or alter it. Instead, they ask anyone who finds a device to go to the Saskatoon Police Service headquarters with their vehicle and the tracker intact to file a report.
CBC
29-01-2025
- CBC
Man accused of putting GPS trackers on vehicle; Saskatoon police warn drivers to look out for more trackers
A 46-year-old Saskatoon man has been charged after GPS trackers were secretly attached to another man's vehicle, and police say they believe there may be more trackers out there. The issue came to light on Sept. 6, when a person contacted Saskatoon police to report having found two trackers on his vehicle, the police service said in a Wednesday news release. Police say their investigation identified a suspect, and a search warrant was executed at an apartment in the 2000 block of 20th Street W., in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood, where officers say they found several more GPS trackers. Marty Schira, a 46-year-old Saskatoon man, was arrested and charged with two counts of harassment, two counts of mischief, two counts of intimidation and one count of fraudulent concealment. Police say they've recovered six GPS trackers, but based on information gathered during their investigation, they believe more trackers are outstanding. They're asking the public to contact the police if they locate one on their vehicle. The trackers are typically wrapped in black tape and placed inside the fender of the vehicle, police said in Wednesday's news release. Investigators ask that anyone who finds what they believe may be a tracking device not to remove or alter it. Instead, they ask anyone who finds a device to go to the Saskatoon Police Service headquarters with their vehicle and the tracker intact to file a report.
