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COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The Manitoba Integrated High Risk Offender Unit (MIHRSOU) is a joint forces unit of the Winnipeg Police Service and the RCMP. MIHRSOU today provides information regarding Brett Russell Jeffrey PILCH, 49 years of age, a convicted sex offender who is considered at high risk to become involved in further sex offences.
PILCH will be released from Bowden Institution, Alberta on December 31, 2014. He was held to Warrant Expiry on these charges. That is, he was not granted any form of parole. Upon release, PILCH will be subject to the conditions of a probation order. He is expected to take up residence in Winnipeg.
PILCH has a history of sexual offences in relation to females, usually young adult women. Although he has attended sexual offender treatment in the past, PILCH is still considered a high risk to re-offend. Adult females and older female children are at risk of sexual harassment as well as possible physical sexual violence.
This information is provided to enable members of the public to take suitable measures to protect themselves. Any form of vigilante activity or other unreasonable conduct directed at Mr PILCH will not be tolerated. | | |
Name: Brett Russell Jeffrey PILCH
DOB: 1965-05-26
Height: 171 cm (5'7")
Weight: 67 kg (147 lbs)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Race: Caucasian
| | If you have any information regarding PILCH, and wish to speak directly to a police officer, please call the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit (MIHRSOU) at (204) 984-1888 or contact the Winnipeg Police Service at (204) 986-2222, your local RCMP Detachment, or Manitoba Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-8477 or toll free at 1-800-222-8477. |
Background information:
Brett Russell Jeffrey PILCH is a 49 year-old male with a criminal record for indecent phone calls, harassing phone calls, sexual assault and breach of probation and recognizance.
Over a period of 20 years, PILCH has repeatedly been involved in incidents where he has sexually harassed women with whom he has had no prior relationship. This harassing sexual conduct usually takes place over the telephone, but has, on occasion, taken the form of direct physical contact. Following his release from the penitentiary for criminal harassment and harassing telephone calls in May 2008, PILCH was convicted of breach of probation and recognizance resulting in additional jail sentences and probation orders. He was convicted on June 29, 2011 for 2 counts of breach of probation for possessing a cell phone and failing to notify his probation officer that he was involved in a relationship with a female. PILCH received an 11 month 20 day jail sentence in addition to the 45 days spent in pre-trial custody followed by 2 years supervised probation. PILCH'S most recent convictions on January 2, 2013 were for 2 counts of breach of probation order, one for using a telephone contrary to a condition of his probation and the other for having contact with a female under 18 years old. He sat beside then followed a 14 year old female in a park making inappropriate comments to her. The following day, shortly after midnight, he went to an alley behind her residence.
PILCH will be released on December 31, 2014. He will be subject to a supervised probation order until January 1, 2017.
The Probation Order includes the following conditions: - Not to have contact and communication with any sex trade worker;
- Not to attend any establishment featuring strippers;
- Not to possess any pornography;
- Not to possess, operate or have control or access whatsoever to any computer
or internet amenities no matter where they may be located, except as allowed
by Probation Services; - Not own, possess nor have any type of telephone subscribed under your
name except as specifically allowed by Probation Services. - Not make any phone calls to female persons at their private residences who
are previously unknown to you; - Not to have contact with or be in the presence of any female actually or
apparently under the age of eighteen (18) years, except for unavoidable
encounters in a public place and except in the company of an adult approved
in writing, in advance, by Probation Services; - Attend, complete and follow the rules of any assessment, treatment,
counselling, and/or community programming as directed by his probation
officer; - Not to possess weapons; and
- Observe a curfew between 11 pm and 7 am, except for verifiable emergencies
or when you are given special permission in writing, in advance, by your
probation officer.
Upon release, PILCH is expected to take up residence in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
During his previous prison sentences, PILCH has attended sex offender treatment programs. However, he is still considered a high risk to re-offend. Females, particularly young adult women and older female children, are at risk of sexual harassment as well as possible physical sexual violence.
This information is also displayed on the Manitoba Justice Sex Offender Website: www.gov.mb.ca/justice/notification.
This information is provided to enable members of the public to take suitable measures to protect themselves. Any form of vigilante activity or other unreasonable conduct directed at Brett Russell Jeffrey PILCH will not be tolerated.
If you have information about Mr PILCH, please call MIHRSOU at (204) 984-1888, the Winnipeg Police Service at (204) 986-6222, your local RCMP Detachment, or Manitoba Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-8577 or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.
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For further information contact either:
Constable Jason Michalyshen, Public Information Officer
Constable Eric Hofley, Public Information Officer
Detective Sergeant Natalie Aitken, Public Information Officer
Phone: (204) 986-3061 | Fax: (204) 986-3267 | Email: WPS-PIO@Winnipeg.ca | Share this mailing with your social network by clicking on the appropriate link:   | |
