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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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A 17-year-old man from Kingston is facing a list of charges after an investigation into his involvement with two female youths in the United Kingdom. On Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, Kingston Police became aware of a child luring investigation that had originated in the UK. Members of the Kingston Police
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As the result of an ongoing Internet Child Exploitation project in the province, a local man has been arrested and charged with multiple child pornography offences. The Kingston Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit is involved in the ongoing project, funded by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, which
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Two men from Amherstview are facing multiple charges after the execution of a drug warrant also lead to child pornography charges. Members from the Napanee Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment, along with members of the Napanee OPP Crime Unit and the OPP Community Street Crime Unit of Napanee, Frontenac and
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Kingston Police have arrested and charged a local man as part of an ongoing investigation into online child exploitation. The Kingston Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit is involved in an ongoing provincial Internet Child Exploitation project to both deter and monitor file sharing networks associated with child pornography. A computer
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The uptick in child pornography related arrests locally of late has actually been part of a much larger Provincial Strategy, which has led to 551 charges in November of 2018 alone. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with 26 police agencies from across the province, gathered for a press conference
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