NEWS RELEASE
GUELPH POLICE
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Internet Child Exploitation Unit Executes a Warrant
On March 2, 2016 members of the Guelph Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit, with the assistance of the London Police Internet Child Exploitation and Technological Crimes Units executed a search warrant at a home in the City of London, where the accused resided.
The investigation was a result of a complaint received of child abuse images being displayed online.
During the search of the home, computer systems, external storage devices and other articles were seized from the home.
A 17-year-old male London resident was arrested and charged with the following offences:
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Possession of Child Pornography
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Making Child Pornography Available for Distribution
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Extortion
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Breaching a youth Probation Order
This Project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and the Ministry of the Attorney General.
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