Suspect arrested in ÎleSoniq jabs
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the stealthy jabbing and drugging of audience members at ÎleSoniq last month. The man was arrested in August, charged and released, to be back in court next year.
But a woman attending the western festival in St‑Tite last weekend reported a similar experience – a needle jab in the back, then a few minutes later she could hardly stand up. This piece says she did not report the matter to police.
Annette 03:19 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
I don’t understand this. How does the court not view this as ‘multiple stabbings with a poisoned implement’? If these victims were, instead, assaulted with small knife would the suspect be released on his own recognizance?
Is the formula really: extract blood = major crime; inject toxins = “’gosh!”?
MarcG 07:31 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
Society sucks. The person is obviously having serious mental health struggles that have lead to harming others and we’re just sending them home, “see ya in April”? If there’s some kind of social work follow up they should mention it in the articles.
Also, no mention of what they were injected with – ignorance or not wanting to inspire copycats?
Ricardo 08:56 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
Insane. I’m seriously thinking about turning to a life of crime, seems to pay.
Ephraim 09:03 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
DId I miss something, or did they not even mention testing them for HIV? I see one interjection by one of the people who worried about it (and I assume was tested). But that’s my first thought… and it has an incubation period, so they should immediately be put on retrovirals.
Kate 10:27 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
Ephraim, I’ve never seen any mention of HIV testing in reports of this phenomenon.
Ephraim 18:38 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
But that’s a serious concern. They need to be put on PEP within 72 hours of being pricked by an unknown needle to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. https://hivinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv/fact-sheets/post-exposure-prophylaxis-pep
Kate 19:53 on 2025-09-10 Permalink
Because it hasn’t been reported doesn’t mean they’re not doing that. Reporters may feel that the ongoing health status of the victims is not anyone else’s business.