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Project Shamrock, a joint investigation between Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Kingston Police, continues to investigate instances of victim luring through social media platforms. One person has been charged so far. According to a release from the OPP, in January 2022 Kingston Police were made aware of an individual luring
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Members of the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating reports of several young people that shared revealing photos of a young person. According to a release from the OPP, information was gathered on Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2022, and with the assistance of the Prince
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A “joint, proactive investigation” involving the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Kingston Police Force has resulted in the arrest of three men in relation to child exploitation. Two of the arrested men are from the Kingston area. According to both the OPP and Kingston Police, the investigation took place over
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A Kingston man is currently facing charges after a police investigation, which in December 2021, found him to be in possession of child pornography. Police commenced an investigation into “an unknown person in the City of Kingston” having child pornography in their possession on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, according to
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A Kingston lawyer guilty of possessing and accessing child pornography in 2019, committed “conduct unbecoming a barrister or solicitor,” and has been suspended from the Law Society of Ontario for 26 months, followed by practice restrictions and two years of ongoing treatment/reporting requirements. According to documentation from the The Law
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A local man was found to be in possession of files that are considered to be child pornography. On Friday, July 24, 2020 Kingston Police commenced an investigation into an unknown person in the City of Kingston having in their possession child pornography, according to a release from Kingston Police
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The custodian and groundskeeper at a Kingston church has been arrested and charged with two counts of child pornography, confirms the church’s clergy. Doug Snider was arrested at the church on Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2020, confirmed Father Shawn Hughes, Rector at St Mary’s Cathedral, in an interview. “He was arrested
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After a video was circulated on social media, which the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have deemed “inappropriate,” a 15-year-old from Amherstview is facing serious charges. According to the Lennox and Addington OPP, the OPP and Kingston Police commenced an investigation into the video on Wednesday, Jun. 3, 2020 after receiving
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The Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made an arrest in relation to illegal online activity, including the luring of a minor and child pornography related charges. According to the OPP, the investigation began earlier this year when police received reports of inappropriate activity on
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Convicted child predator Mark Bedford was represented in Kingston at the Ontario Court of Justice criminal court today by his lawyer, Brian Callender, as a date was selected for his trial. In 2008, Bedford was convicted of 10 crimes including committing/inciting bestiality, luring a child under age 14 by computer,
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As the result of an ongoing child luring investigation, Kingston Police Internet and Child Exploitation Unit have arrested and charged a 38-year-old local man. Police arrested Tony Samuels of Kingston on Thursday, Apr. 4, 2019, according to a press release from Kingston Police. Police became involved in an investigation in
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As a result of the ongoing province-wide project to detect and monitor file-sharing networks associated with child pornography, a local man has been arrested and charged. The investigation into the accused man began on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, when police downloaded a quantity of suspected child pornography files on a
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