Dear John Nanaimo

2009-06-18T21:27:00.001-07:00

picked up Kelly at Prideaux and Victoria
9:15 pm Thursday night

2009-06-10T22:55:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, 10 pmish, 100 block of Victoria Road, a dark green late 80's Caravan or Aerostar picked up a chubby blond girl in a black "track suit"

2009-05-19T21:00:00.000-07:00

9pm, Tuesday night...she's RUNNING to get picked up by this guy

2009-05-15T19:19:00.000-07:00

7pm Friday...picked up girl on 200 block of Victoria...red chevy two door sedan missing driver side front hubcap.

2009-05-05T14:35:00.000-07:00

2:20 pm, Tuesday afternoon. Prideaux Street

2009-04-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

5:00 pickup, 100 block Victoria Road

2009-04-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

Milton and Victoria, pick up 4:30pm....

Milton and Victoria drop off, 4:30 pm...

2009-04-16T18:49:00.000-07:00

6:45 pm, picked up a girl at Milton and Victoria...

2009-04-15T20:03:00.000-07:00

early

90's gold Toyota Corolla, four door.

three bumper stickers on the back, younger guy, dark hair driving....picked up a girl on the Finlayson culdesac after driving around the neighbourhood a bit.

2009-04-14T17:13:00.000-07:00

4:45 pm Tuesday....this truck just dropped off a girl and was approached by two others! on Prideaux.

2009-03-30T19:49:00.000-07:00

Monday....6ish pm
Just picked up Amanda on the 100 block of Victoria Road...

2009-03-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

5:20 pm Prideaux and victoria
3 boys dropped a girl from a silver car
plate 515 DLP

5:45
on Prideaux
white pickup truck dropped off girl
plate 8883 HD

2008-09-05T19:53:00.000-07:00

Friday night, 6:50 pm. Just picked up a bleach bottle blond on the corner of Prideaux and Victoria...4562FM

2008-08-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

http://dearjohnnanaimo.blogspot.com/2008/02/tuesday-512-pm.html....
this guy again....just picked up a girl on Prideaux
5:20 pm Sunday

2008-08-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Wednesday night 10pm
ELR 201 Alberta Plates
Ford F150 Crewcab, picked up "new" girl on Victoria Road....

2008-08-19T16:37:00.000-07:00

961 CL????? It's 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon....Near Finlayson, on Victoria Road....

2008-08-17T20:29:00.000-07:00

8:30 Sunday night...picking up a girl in a white mini skirt and a basketball??? who has been up and down Victoria Road all night. Veteran's plates!!!!!!!!
Lucky for the man in the black Jeep chatting her up a bit earlier, he didn't pick her up in front of witnesses....though they might have met around the corner!

2008-07-29T19:08:00.000-07:00

Picked up Kelly at Finlayson and Victoria at 6:15pm, Tuesday night.

2008-07-17T19:04:00.001-07:00

witnessed by two residents standing on Prideaux Monday July 14th at approx 730 p.m. Dropped off girl at corner of prideaux and victoria and then reversed back onto Victoria.

2008-07-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

2pm, just dropped off a girl on Prideaux.

2008-06-15T18:07:00.000-07:00

Again....
same guy, 5th and Victoria , 6pm
http://dearjohnnanaimo.blogspot.com/2008/06/same-guy-as-httpdearjohnnanaimo.html

2008-06-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

same guy as http://dearjohnnanaimo.blogspot.com/2008/05/630pm-thursday.html, different girl....1:45 pm on the 100 block of Victoria Road. this pickup has two black stripes down the hood and the tailgate is not the same colour as the rest of the truck.

2008-05-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

Plum coloured Honda Hatchback, spoiler, sunroof
# 887 GPJ
picked up a girl at Victoria and Prideaux at 7:40 pm

2008-05-20T18:02:00.000-07:00

Grey Ford Extend Cab Pickup....664-9L9
5:55 pm Victoria Road....just picked up a girl................

2008-05-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

6:30pm Thursday....two?

2008-05-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

Saturday, 8:15pm picked up "Kelly" at the corner of Prideaux....white ford with a rack for scaffolding on top.

2008-05-07T18:17:00.000-07:00

Wednesday 4pm...another Alberta plate, another girl...picked her up at Victoria and Prideaux but dropped her off on the same corner moments later.....

****Curiously, this truck is owned by someone living/residing in the area and has been seen more than once picking up girls, driving girls...as well as having them come and go from his property.

2008-05-06T22:17:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, 4pm couldn't get plate number, but was red Alberta plates. White Ford Ranger. Prideaux Street.

2008-05-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Tuesday night 8:10pm on Prideaus Street
Older Gold Plymouth GDH 471 picked up girl.

2008-05-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

License #002 FPS White, four door, older model volvo picked up young blonde in front of the Eagle Mountain Church on Victoria. (She crossed over from the corner of Robarts and Victoria.)
7:30pm Monday, May 5, 2008

2008-05-05T14:06:00.000-07:00

1:15 pm, Monday afternoon....Finlayson and Victoria. Picked up a girl who has been up and down the blocks numerous times all morning/afternoon. Was seen by numerous folks on the street today.

2008-04-25T16:41:00.000-07:00

1:53 pm, Friday afternoon....this car picked up a girl at the roundabout on Prideaux, witnessed by two neighbours.
Plate number 103 FVV

2008-04-22T16:08:00.000-07:00

4 pm....Tuesday afternoon....Victoria Road and Prideaux, picked up a girl.

2008-04-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

observed picking up a "girl" who waved/beckoned him over at approx. 4:00 on April 8th by observant resident. Possibly picking up a niece or sister!!!

2008-04-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

April 02, 3:45 an ACE COURIER cube van picked up a girl behind the Nicol Street Pawn.

April 01, 2pm at the corner of Prideaux and Albert. Picked up a girl with a flower in her hair...blocked traffic in the intersection to do it, too!!! 169 BNV

2008-03-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

some #s to add a big tanker with Heathrington Industries on the side left the corner of albert and milon at about 3:00 pm on march4 th with a "girl" in the passenger seat another one,:
9460 DV, green new truck picked up same location. came back next day and i confronted him, he said i was being mean:
grey chev 4 door #864 EEF dropped a "girl" off at albert and milton , march: 2 :
369 MCJ, new BMW 8:45am march 3 dropped a girl offanother

2008-02-21T10:42:00.001-08:00

#812 FPR, blue Nissan Car , feb 18 @about 12:15 PM in the J&J parking lot at 690 Albert Street

2008-02-17T10:03:00.000-08:00

wanted to add a#, better late then never 847 BXN, black Cavalier, fairly new, 8:30 am Feb 6 at milton and haliburton

3:15 on Prideaux, Red Grand AM, 001 AXA

Sunday morning 10 am, Victoria and Prideaux....black Jeep Comanche pickup with canopy... and lots of rust.....

didn't get plate but the vehicle is pretty singular with it's rust and such.

2008-02-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

February 15, 7pm. This silver ford ranger 4539 KT, dropped off Kelly at Prideaux and Victoria. When three neighbours approached, the driver tried to avoid our getting his plate numbers by parking in this apartment complex parking lot. Raced away when the photo was taken.

2008-02-14T13:18:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day 12:30 pm....this full size white truck 8628 HF with this custom tailgate stopped at Victoria and Prideaux. The driver got out to try and flag down a girl one of the neighbours had just asked to move on. When he couldn't flag her down he drove around the block and picked her up at Victoria and Cavan St.

2008-02-12T17:16:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, 5:12 pm. As clear as possible with moving vehicle. May be the same car as this

http://dearjohnnanaimo.blogspot.com/2008/01/january-11-2008.html ?

picked up girl at Prideaux and Victoria.

2008-01-26T14:45:00.000-08:00

Saturday, 1:45 pm
"Jessica" was picked up on the corner of Milton and Albert by a new grey Ford truck, License Number 5730 JM.

2008-01-19T14:18:00.000-08:00

plate#6107 LG, white Ford club cab, newer model picked a girl up on the 900 block oh Milton at 8:55a.m. on Fri January 18, and then he dropped a different girl off at the corner of Albert and Milton at 9:55a.m. the same day.

2008-01-18T13:54:00.001-08:00

a couple of #s to add: BRX 298, silver yukon picked a girl up at the 4 way stop at albert and milton: 10:00a.m. on sunday jan 13. I see this guy 'cruising' a lot but finally actually saw him in the act...
also a newer model burgandy truck dropped a girl off at the 4 way stop at albert and milton on sun Jan13@about 1:05 p.m...told her it was being posted but she asked me to not give her name and i told her i would not this time( funny she did not care about me saying im putting his plate# here)...oh by the way it is 9508 JV

January 11, 2008

2008-01-11T15:28:00.000-08:00

wasn't close enough for a plate number...Friday, January 11, 2008. 1:30 pm. The driver flagged down a girl on Finlayson, turned around and picked her up on Prideaux near Victoria. Drove downtown and turned North onto the Island Highway...

2007-12-17T16:34:00.000-08:00

4:30 pm, just picked up a girl in front of the Methadone Clinic at 55 Victoria. He's a regular.

2007-12-17T15:51:00.000-08:00

Monday, December 17...3:40 pm, this black pickup with racks in the bed, picked up a working girl on Prideaux, just at Victoria Road. No plate number.

An early Christmas present

2007-12-11T15:50:00.000-08:00

City's anti-drug red zone grows
Lawyers request expansion of no-go area to reduce drug dealing downtownPaul Walton , Daily NewsPublished: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The success of Nanaimo's controversial red zone has resulted in it being expanded.Following the arrests of 22 people in a large drug sweep in mid-November, federal Crown lawyers began asking the courts to increase the size of the zone, after much of the undercover drug dealing was found to be on the outskirts of the Victoria Crescent area."We noticed that the action was moving up Victoria Road," said federal prosecutor Brian Jones.
The zone originally included Victoria Crescent and surrounding streets for two blocks. It is now bounded by Esplanade Street, Milton Street, Fitzwilliam and Bastion Streets and Front Street. That now takes in the Old City Quarter, Commercial Street and the Haliburton Street area north of Milton Street.Jones said the expansion is not because the drug problem is spreading to those areas, but it is being pushed there by the effectiveness of the original red zone. "According to police it's popping up all over the downtown area," he said.Randy Churchill, manager of the city's bylaws department, said though the red zone is administered by the police and courts, the city supports the idea and benefits from it."We have absolute faith in the way it's being dealt with," said Churchill. "It has a very positive effect."Jones cited a recent decision from the Court of Appeal for B.C. upholding a red zone in Victoria. The court said it is not punitive, but assists in keeping drug users from temptation as it cuts them off from easy access to their supply."It's mainly designed to help these people," said Jones.The idea has been criticized for keeping people from resources they may require in the area, but Jones said they can easily enter the zone if they have written permission from a bail or sentence supervisor.He cited the Salvation Army New Hope Centre on Nicol Street as possibly offering assistance.PWalton@nanaimodailynews.com250-729-4230

© The Daily News (Nanaimo) 2007

2007-12-11T15:49:00.000-08:00

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about 5:30 p.m., dec 9 right in front of the co-op gas bar down town, a silver colored suv picked up "misty" plate #397 GEH

2007-12-05T14:44:00.000-08:00

November 22(Thursday)
3:35 pm, picked up "Karen" at Selby and Hecate, near Nob Hill Park.
Dark coloured shade of green mini-van with VETERANS plates
330VBG

2007-12-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, December 04. 4:45 pm

No plate number. Picking up "Amanda" on Victoria Road.

Friday

2007-11-30T17:32:00.000-08:00

November 30, 5:20 pm, a Japanese import , right hand drive, baby blue work truck like this one....dropped off a girl on Prideaux street.
License 1705 LJ. Again, a fairly unique vehicle.

also

7:20 pm Black Toyota Pickup, Possibly a Tacoma picked up a girl on the corner of Victoria and Prideaux...dropped her off less than 20 minutes later on the same corner. License number 3395JV

better late than.....

2007-11-29T23:25:00.000-08:00

Wednesday, November 28th, 7:40 pm on Victoria Road.
Work Van.
Comfort Zone Heating and Cooling picked up a girl. A local TOLD the driver that license plates were being published but he still picked her up.

Thursday

2007-11-29T09:44:00.000-08:00

GED 666- 70's cream station wagon with fake wood panel-- Nov 29/07 @ 9:15am on Prideaux and Victoria.

2007-11-27T09:11:00.000-08:00

Tuesday Morning 9am, Finlayson and Victoria
Gold two door sedan
884 JXE

Monday

2007-11-26T13:03:00.000-08:00

Monday, Novermber 26.
12:30 pm. A shiny bright red full-size Dodge Pickup(like this one) with a wide white stripe up the middle of the hood, picked up a girl on Prideaux Street.
No plate number but the truck is highly recognizable...shiny, cherry red, with a big white strip up the hood.

2007-11-23T15:15:00.000-08:00

Friday, November 23

3:05 pm

288 HBT

Tuesday

2007-11-20T19:57:00.000-08:00

Dark blue Town Car with Handicapped Parking Pass on rearview mirror.
Last night(Monday) around 6pm. Was also seen cruising this a.m. He is a "regular."
791 GPF

Monday

2007-11-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

Well, at 8:30 this morning we got our first plate number after a long, glorious, (fairly)quiet weekend. 8:30 am.

White GMC full-size van...no windows on the side panels.

0966 MG

today's news

2007-11-19T10:03:00.000-08:00

Rally halts sex trade
Nob Hill was quiet over the weekend after neighbours protested on Friday
Martha Tropea , Daily NewsPublished: Monday, November 19, 2007
Residents hope prostitutes and johns received the message that they are not welcome in Nob Hill.
On Friday, about 125 people from the Nanaimo neighbourhood banded together to protest the recent surge in illegal sex and drugs that have infiltrated the close community in recent months.
Armed with signs and determined voices, they marched along Selby Street and Victoria Road, bringing traffic to a halt.
The rally seems to have made a difference, if only for a short time.
"The last couple nights, there were no girls on the corner," said Debra van Dyk.
But just as fast as those words left her lips, her husband spotted a suspicious car stop near their home for a possible drug deal, or to pick up a prostitute.
In the 12 years that she has lived in the area, van Dyk has been propositioned more times than she'd care to remember.
Residents know the solution doesn't hinge on one or more rallies, but rather looking to the civic leaders for affordable housing and help with homelessness and addictions.
Still, she remains hopeful their efforts won't soon be forgotten.
"I just definitely think the message had gotten out, which is what we wanted," van Dyk said.
Now neighbours want to focus their attention on bringing back some lustre to the Nob Hill area, a place van Dyk's husband Lance, believes is one of the prettiest places in Nanaimo.
He sees no reason why the beautification of the Old City Quarter shouldn't extend along Victoria Road and Albert Street.
The Nob Hill Association put together walks on selected days, to ensure neighbours maintain a visible presence on the streets.
Van Dyk said women will continue to approach prostitutes and offer them phone numbers for social service agencies such as Haven House or Samaritan House. Some residents have even gotten together and created a blog (dearjohnnanaimo.blogspot.com) where licence plates and photos of johns will be posted online.
MTropea@nanaimodailynews.com
250-729-4255
© The Daily News (Nanaimo) 2007

Hmmmn.

2007-11-18T16:28:00.000-08:00

We've had a sudden downturn in John traffic. I hope it lasts. We all still have our eyes peeled though.

Fair warning now....

2007-11-17T10:19:00.000-08:00

Dear Johns:

You have had fair warning....television news and now print.
Dear John Nanaimo is up and ready.

Did you know about this?

2007-11-16T08:59:00.000-08:00

STOP THE JOHNS!!!
NEIGHBOURHOOD RALLY

This Friday, the 16th of Nov. 6:50 pm-7:20pm

!!!C’MON, NOBBLERS!!! And Old City Quarter Folk.

Please walk out onto the street, MEET and JOIN veteran and new neighbours/owners alike who are fed up with the constant JOHN CRUISING. Esp. on Victoria Road, 500-600 Prideaux Street, Selby Street and Robarts Street

STOP THE JOHNS! STOP THE JOHNS!

USE IT OR LOSE IT FOLKS!!

POWER OF PRESENCE.

PLEASE BE PRESENT.
SHOW YOU SUPPORT.
STOP THE JOHNS!!!!!!!

This FRI. 6:50-7:20
Rally sites

Victoria Road at Milton Street
Victoria Road at Selby Street
Victoria Road at Robart Street
Prideaux Street at Hecate(Roundabout)

For more information, ask a neighbour.
Invite a neighbour.
Bring your friends and family. Take back your streets.
Please make a stand with your neighbours.
JOHNS ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING.
JOHNS ARE HURTING OUR HOOD. STOP THE JOHNS! STOP THE JOHNS! STOP THE JOHNS! STOP THE JOHNS!

Dear Everyone

2007-11-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Dear John. We'll be up and posting real soon.
Until that time, check your rearview mirrors!