NORTHERN ONTARIO

Sault police charge man with child porn offences

The police building in Sault Ste. Marie is seen in this file photo. (File)

The police building in Sault Ste. Marie is seen in this file photo. (File)

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A 44-year-old man from Goulais River has been charged with several child pornography and related offences.

Charges include accessing child pornography, agreement to commit a sexual offence against a person under 16 years of age, and several other offences.

The investigation began Oct. 3 when the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s technological crime unit began investigating the accused’s activity on a social media platform.

"The investigation revealed the accused had, in conversation with an adult who is not known to them, expressed interest in engaging in sexual activities in front of, and with, their young child," police said in a news release Tuesday.

"The accused made arrangements to meet for these purposes. The accused had also provided a link to a website containing numerous written stories about incest and young children engaging in sexual activity with adults."

"Furthermore, the accused counselled the adult with whom they were speaking to teach their young child sexual acts to prepare for sexual acts with the accused."

Police raided the man's residence Nov. 1. Charges include accessing child pornography, two counts of agreeing to commit a sexual offence against a person under 16 and two counts of making written child pornography.

The accused has been released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 25.

The technological crime unit is a member of the Ontario Provincial Strategy to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet, which consists of 27 municipal agencies working to rescue victims and combat child exploitation.

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