CONTENT WARNING: This story contains references to the sexual assault of a minor.
A Lethbridge man has been sentenced to five years in jail in connection to charges of forcible confinement, sexual assault of a child, and other related offences dating back to a December 2025 incident where Lethbridge Police found three teenage girls in a south Lethbridge apartment.
On Tuesday, Oct. 15 Skye Atoa was sentenced to five years in federal prison, minus time served, and is to have no contact with the three victims.
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According to police, on December 19th, 2025 police responded to reports that a 14-year-old girl was being held in an apartment on 8 Street South. At the time reported that a man answered the door when they got to the unit and a girl was located inside in medical distress, who was then transported to hospital.
Officers reported the man was later arrested without incident and officers located two more girls aged 15 and 16 inside during the execution of a search warrant.
The 14-year-old girl reported that she had been forcibly confined and sexually assaulted by the suspect and other men over a three-day period and according to officers was forced to consume drugs during the assaults. The other two girls are reported to have been forcibly confined to the apartment for several hours, during which time the suspect is alleged to have exposed himself.
With time served, Atoa has just under 4 years left on his sentence.
