Creepy notes on Burnaby women arrange criminal harassment, but no charges

A Burnaby woman who received a disturbing sexual note in November speaks in November after the man who was arrested in connection with the case was released without indictment.

The woman who wanted to remain anonymous because the man can still live in the neighborhood fears that he will do the same thing again – and about the message she sends to others.

“It's a strange feeling,” she said to Daily Hive. “We see this kind of news every day. People catch, released, insulted again. Everything I can think is, I hope he is enough fear that he will not repeat something like that. Or maybe something worse. “

Burnaby RCMP published a press release on November 21, in which the public made out that the officials had arrested a 20-year-old man due to criminal harassment. Between September 15 and November 3, 2024, the suspect left the disturbing handwritten notes or underwear for women in Telford Avenue and the Beresford Street near Metrotown.

The notes expressed thoughts of sexual nature and implied that the suspect watched the victims, the police said.

“I can only imagine that these women feel that these women know that someone has watched them,” Sgt. Freda Fong with Burnaby RCMP said at the time. “We have to send the community a strong message that this type of behavior is not tolerated and that the police prioritize the security of women.”

The victim Daily Hive spoke with a note with a drawing of the buttocks of a woman who wore a tanga.

“If you are the wife of this apartment, we will fuck,” said it. “You are very hot.”

The note came through her apartment mirror base overnight overnight and suggested who lived in her building or had come in. She immediately called 911.

“It sounded as if he knows exactly who I am,” she said.

The officers arrived in their apartment within 10 minutes, and the forensicists searched for signs of who left it. The woman believes that she was one of the last victims since the police announced the arrest a week later.

She said that she was impressed by the resources of the victim services, with which she was also connected.

“I didn't really feel like a victim, you know, nobody had physically attacked me,” she said. “But the fact that there is this entire integrated system. It is incredible. “

But last week the police contacted them to tell them that the suspect was free to do without charges. They told her that he had given a warning.

“We tell him that it is okay not to respect our values ​​and laws. And you know, go away without consequences, ”she said. “Will he learn from it? I doubt it. “

Daily Hive turned to Burnaby RCMP an update over the case, but the troop said that her responsibility ends in the investigation phase. It referred us to the BC Prosecutor's Service, which filed criminal charges in the province.

The law enforcement service confirmed that no charges were approved in connection with the case. The standard assessment standard was not fulfilled, and a spokesman for the service said that it was the appropriate approach not to take any fees.

“In this case, the prosecutor came to the conclusion that there was no significant probability of a conviction and the indictment did not approve,” said the spokesman.