HALIFAX A 51-year-old man from Ammon, N.B., has been sentenced to three years in prison after he plead guilty to charges connected to an investigation into images of child sexual abuse. The investigation began in May 2019 when police executed a search warrant at a home in Ammon, N.B., resulting in the arrest of a 49-year-old man at the scene. He was released on conditions pending further investigation, according to RCMP. On May 15, 2020, Wayne Wilfred Toole was charged with possession of and making available child pornography. Toole returned to court on Thursday and was sentenced to 36 months for possession of child pornography and 36 months for making available child pornography.
London police launched a probe early last month of sharing of suspected child porn videos via a social media application, after a tip from the National Child Exploitation Crime Centre, police said last week.
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Posted: Feb 11, 2021 9:57 AM AT | Last Updated: February 11
Shawn Curtis Nickerson, 32, faced dozens of child pornography and voyeurism charges.(Shawn Nickerson/Facebook)
A former Riverview basketball coach facing dozens of child pornography and voyeurism charges pleaded guilty to 32 charges.
Shawn Curtis Nickerson, 32, entered the plea in Moncton provincial court on Thursday morning with several of the victims and family members observing in the room. We will plead guilty to all counts, Nickerson s lawyer, Abel Le Bouthillier, told provincial court Judge Paul Duffie.
Nickerson pleaded guilty to charges of making child pornography of 21 known victims and 11 unknown people, making child pornography available, possessing and accessing child pornography. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual touching of a person under 16 years old.
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Two southeastern men are facing child pornography charges following reports made to the RCMP.
Acting on several complaints from the RCMP National Child Exploitation Crime Centre, the Manitoba RCMP Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) began investigating two men, one from Stuartburn, and one from Steinbach.
ICE, the RCMP Digital Forensic Services Unit, and the Steinbach RCMP executed two search warrants, once on January 22, and one on January 27. The targets of the search warrants are unrelated, but are both connected to the complaints received by the ICE unit, RCMP Manitoba says.
On the 22nd, a 49-year-old Steinbach man was arrested and charged with Possess Child Pornography, Access Child Pornography, and Make Available Child Pornography.