A 30-year-old woman charged in multiple incidents of Lower Mainland men being drugged and robbed during escort-service encounters has been charged in another drugging while she was out on bail.
Vancouver resident Jessica Nicole Renee Kane was charged in September with manslaughter, seven counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug or substance, six counts of theft over $5,000, one count of theft, four counts of fraud and two counts of extortion.
The charges stemmed from incidents in Burnaby, Surrey, Langley and Vancouver that involved men using an escort service, according to police.
In February 2021, one man died after allegedly being administered a substance during an encounter, police said.
One pair of drugging and theft-over-$5,000 charges is related to an incident in Burnaby on June 19, according to court records.
Kane was released on bail on Oct. 27, with conditions banning her from sex work and from contacting nine named individuals.
On Jan. 9, however, she was taken back into custody by Vancouver police and charged with one more count of administering a drug to commit an indictable offence and one count of robbery in relation to an incident on Jan. 8 in Vancouver.
She also faces new charges of obstruction and breaching a release order out of Surrey in relation to incidents on Jan. 3, according to Court Services Online.
Kane remains in custody; another bail hearing is scheduled for Feb. 2.
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