A person accused of drugging and pimping out a teenage lady was barely out of handcuffs when he was re-arrested Tuesday for breaching his circumstances, the Lethbridge Police Service mentioned.
Lethbridge man Skye Atoa, 50, is accused of a number of crimes together with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
He had been in custody since mid-December and was granted bail following a courtroom listening to on Monday.
The bail included following a number of circumstances comparable to not having contact along with his alleged victims and witnesses, and never speaking or having contact with individuals below 18 years previous.
Atoa was launched from custody Tuesday afternoon, solely to be re-arrested about half an hour later.
Police mentioned upon being launched, the accused was alleged to go to a court-ordered residence however after being dropped off there, he allegedly made no try to comply along with his launch necessities and as an alternative went to a retailer.
Police watched because the accused allegedly went to the shop’s fragrance aisle and was in “very shut proximity to a younger feminine.” That’s when LPS mentioned he was instantly re-arrested.
Along with his earlier fees, Atoa is now going through an extra depend of failing to adjust to launch order circumstances.
Police mentioned Atoa now stays in custody and is scheduled to seem in courtroom on the brand new cost on Jan. 15, along with a Feb. 2 courtroom date he already had for the prevailing fees.
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Lethbridge police are trying to establish a feminine witness who was close by on the time of the topic’s arrest, however LPS didn’t launch the handle or retailer the place the arrest occurred.
The witness is described as having a darker complexion, with lengthy, darkish curly hair parted within the center. She was sporting a black high, darkish blue pants and carrying a small, white procuring bag.
Atoa’s re-arrest got here after he was charged in reference to a number of incidents the place susceptible women had been focused and sexually assaulted.
Skye Atoa, 50, of Lethbridge, Alta.
Lethbridge Police Service
It stems from a name police acquired final month within the southern Alberta metropolis.
On Dec. 19, 2025, police mentioned officers responded to a report {that a} 14-year-old lady was being held in an condominium alongside the five hundred block of 8 Road South.
Police mentioned a person answered the door and the lady was positioned inside in medical misery. She was taken to hospital and the person arrested.
Police started looking out the condominium and two different women, aged 15 and 16, had been discovered inside it.
The 14-year-old lady advised police she had been forcibly confined and repeatedly sexually assaulted by each the person who was arrested and different males over a three-day interval. Throughout the raping, police mentioned the lady was additionally pressured to eat medication.
The 15-year-old and 16-year-old had been additionally pressured to remain within the condominium for a number of hours, throughout which era the person uncovered himself.
Atoa was charged with trafficking of an individual below 18, sexual assault of a kid below 16, sexual interference, acquiring sexual providers of a kid for consideration, indecent publicity to a toddler below 16, sexual counsel of a kid and three counts of illegal confinement.
As well as, Atoa can be charged in reference to a earlier sexual assault in October 2025, the place a 24-year-old lady police described as “susceptible” was sexually assaulted at his place.
In that case, Atoa is charged with sexual assault and acquiring for consideration sexual providers/speaking for the aim of sexual providers.
Anybody who has been victimized, or has additional info which will help investigators, is requested to name police at 403-328-4444 and reference file 25059360.
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