Judges regulate Saskatoon Man with 114 criminal convictions is a dangerous perpetrator

Warning: This story contains details of sexual assault.

A man from Saskatoon with more than 100 criminal convictions was declared dangerous perpetrators and will remain in a federal prison for an indefinite period.

Joseph Simon Peter Yaremko, 43, has been in prison for two decades. In a written decision on February 21, Justice Daryl Labach came to the conclusion that Yaremko is probably again insulted again due to his recording of violent crimes and resistance to treatment programs.

The hearing of the dangerous perpetrator in September followed Yaremko's conviction from 2021 due to illegal restriction and sexual attacks with a weapon. These convictions came from 2019 when Yaremko searched for hiding on the run from the police and for a place.

The decision of Labach describes Yaremko 114 criminal convictions of 25 years and found an escalation in frequency and violence. The records of Yaremko include 12 convictions by violence (five for assault and one for assault and one for assault that causes physical damage), robbery, escape from rightful custody (three) and owned in connection with ownership (60).

“The evidence overwhelmingly supports the conclusion that there is no reasonable expectation that nothing less than an indefinite punishment will adequately protect the public from Mr. Yaremko, commits the murder or a serious crime for personal injury,” wrote Labach in his decision.

Yaremnko will also be life in the national sex offender for life and it is forbidden to own weapons or forbidden weapons, devices and ammunition for life.

The term “dangerous perpetrator” is reserved for Canada's most violent criminals.

A dangerous term for perpetrators means prison period from a defined number of years to an indefinite punishment, which normally corresponds to a lifelong prison sentence. Dangerous criminals who serve an indefinite sentence can apply for probation after seven years.

Labach also cited the reluctance of Yaremko, to take part in treatment programs for mental health and addiction as well as his habit of the guilt of the victims as convict factors.

“The evidence does not find that Mr. Yaremko is able to make the essential changes in his life, which he has to make to reduce his risk to the public to an acceptable level,” wrote Labach.

A police photo by Joseph Yaremko from 2014.

According to a report by the public security, there was a dangerous criminals at the end of the 2020-21 financial year under the responsibility of the Canada correctional service (CSC). About 77 percent of these dangerous criminals served indefinitely.

Crown lawyers can apply for a dangerous name for perpetrators during the conviction and have to prove that there is a high risk that the criminal will commit violent or sexual crimes in the future.

For those who have been sexually attacked, there is support from crisis lines and local support services through the Ending Violence Association of Canada database. If you fear in direct danger or fear for your security or that of others around you, please call 911.

Online abuse and sexual exploitation of children can be reported anonymously for cybertip.ca.