Josh Boden

Joshua (Josh) Joseph Boden (born December 12, 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former wide receiver for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League.

Football career
Boden wore the number 1, weighs 205 lb. and is 6'1 tall. In his Canadian Junior Football League career, Boden played for the South Surrey Rams (now the Big Kahuna Rams) of the British Columbia Football Conference. In his only season there, Boden was BCFC Most Outstanding Receiver, Special Teams Player, Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year. He won the CJFL Rookie of the Year award as well. In 2005, Boden attended Lions training camp. In a preseason game against the Calgary Stampeders, he scored a 14 yard touchdown. Boden was officially signed as a free agent by B.C. in May 2006, but as a member of the Territorial Protected List. In 2006, he attended training camp again and made the teams as a member of the Developmental Roster. In 2007, Boden made the teams roster as a backup wide receiver. During a game on September 29, 2007, he caught his first CFL pass. In fact, he finished the game with 3 catches for 83 yards.

Boden was released by the Lions following being charged with domestic assault and robbery in April, 2008. The charges were dropped on August 14, 2008, and Boden stated his intention to resume his football career. BC Lions general manager Wally Buono stated he did not intend to re-sign him.

After 3 months it seemed Boden's prayers of getting a second chance were answered when he formally signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 24, 2008, just in time for a September 27, 2008 Tiger Cats vs Lions game at BC Place. After he was cut, GM Bob O'Billovich said Boden was cut because Chris Bauman's post-concussion problems had cleared. Boden became expendable when Bauman played that Saturday game, and was back in his usual form.

Criminal history
Joshua Boden goes by the alias Mike Boden and has an extensive criminal history of violence, sexual assault, and involvement with prostitutes.

2008
Joshua Boden (AKA Mike Boden) was charged with assault, theft, and mischief (court file number 197454) in April 2008 in connection with a complaint laid by former girlfriend Kimberly Lynn Hallgarth, age 33. Hallgarth changed her story on the witness stand in August 2008 and charges were dropped. The charges resulted in Boden's dismissal from the BC Lions.

On October 12, 2008 Boden was charged with four firearms offences.

2009
On or about March 15, 2009 Kim Hallgarth was found brutally murdered at her 6776 Colborne Avenue, Burnaby, BC residence (IHIT File #2009-2220). Boden is a “person of interest” in the Hallgarth investigation. Karen Boden, Josh's mother, said that her son has always blamed Hallgarth for "ruining" his football career. It was reported that Kimberly Hallgarth owned a nail salon but also worked as a prostitute. It has been noted that Boden's mother, Karen, was placed in a safe house to hide from her son and has altered her appearance to be not recognized by the son she now fears.

On Monday September 7, 2009, Boden was arrested by Vancouver Police after allegedly being observed by police fondling a woman. Boden was taken into custody after a violent struggle near Commercial Drive and Broadway in Vancouver and charged with sex assault and resisting or obstructing police. Bolan is also a person of interest in four other sexual assaults by a muscular black male during the summer of 2009.

Firearms charges were dismissed Thursday October 11, 2009 due to prosecution not proving the four firearms in Boden's possession were operational.

2010
Karen Boden, Josh's mother, is placed in a safe house by Police in 2010 with another of Josh’s ex-girlfriends.

2011
On December 12 or 13, 2011, Boden was convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of assaulting and one count of obstructing a police officer.

January
Joshua Joseph Boden is charged under Criminal Code of Canada 264.1. Uttering threats according to B.C. Court file number 192462 January 14, 2012.

April
On April 13, 2012, while on bail for previous charges, Joshua Joseph Boden (AKA Mike Boden) is charged with four counts of assault at Tinseltown Cinema in Vancouver according to B.C. Court file number 11232.

May
Due to concern over Boden's potential for extreme violence police move an ex-girlfriend of Josh Boden, who was working as a prostitute, to a safe house, ahead of the former B.C. Lion’s possible release from jail.

Boden, with lawyer Kevin Westell, applied for release from jail May 24, 2012 on all current convictions as well as pending charges regarding alleged assaults and uttering threats on April 13, the last time he was out on bail. This was granted May 24, 2012 and as of August 2012 Josh Boden is still free on bail assigned to the "New Vision" halfway house in Surrey, BC. A source to The Province, a woman using the alias "Janet Nelson" out of fear of Boden, alleges Josh Boden is a pimp and recruited her young daughter into prostitution.

July
On July 26, 2012, Crown lawyer Michaela Donnelly asked for a one-year jail sentence for the former BC Lions football player convicted of sex crimes at Vancouver SkyTrain stations. Boden is set to appear in Vancouver Provincial Court on August 31, 2012 for decision.

August
On August 31, 2012 Josh Boden was sentenced to one year of imprisonment for the 2009 sex-crimes he committed as well as obstruction and assaulting a police officer. He will serve six months, given credit for time already in custody, and be on probation for three years after his release.