Another Markham Bust?

[baller]

Not missing much. But then some thinks Margaret Cho & Sandra Oh are babes.

 

[Buddhist Objectivist]

.........can they cite anyone caught on surveillance cameras?

 

[Anonymous]

My sense is that Markham LE are always being assholic on Found-In charges. Could it not be argued, somewhat jokingly though, that the guy taking a whiz has a valid excuse for being in the establishment?

I like your point about the guy just sitting in reception being charged as a "Found-In". I don't think enough people realize that "Found-In" charges are what people face when they are caught in an MP. The definition of "Found-In" is anyone who does not have a reasonable excuse for being in the premises at the time it is being raided as a "common bawdy house."

Also, some people have raised a question about a license. Though it appears that the MP in question did not have a valid Body Rub, Holistic or Municipal License, even if it did, the license does not protect an establishment from having "Found-In" charges laid against the occupants. I've said it before and I'll say it again, a license on an MP- no matter who issues it - does not give the MP's occupants and customers immunity from the Criminal Code of Canada. It's like a doctor who commits a criminal act or a civil tort in his practice and then stands up and says "I'm immune from the Criminal Code and being sued because I have a license to practice medicine."

According to the letter of the law, if you are found in a licensed establishment - anywhere in Canada - at the time it is being raided as a "Common Bawdy House" you could be charged as a "Found-In". In practice, LE in certain areas may not care as much about licensed establishments, and they may not lay these kinds of charges at licensed places - but that is their discretion. The letter of the law (and the risk we run in visiting any MP) allows for charges even if there is a license.

 

[MagicFlakes]

Few LE may be 'found-in'...

 

[hownwhy]

York Region L.E.'s systematic destruction of body rub and strip clubs has worked as they responded well to community and political pressures. All visible forms of adult entertainment are almost all gone and even "invisible" incalls are being eliminated.

 

[placplacplac]

Two houses have been broken into this week on my street, it's taken York region police 3 hours to show up after the first phone call was made to the police, I guess they are busy closing down the MP's because when you call them about your house be broken into they take forever to show up