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Halifax music therapy teacher faces child porn charges: police

A Halifax Regional Police officer was injured after crashing his motorcycle.
A Halifax Regional Police officer was injured after crashing his motorcycle. Francis Vachon/The Canadian Press

HALIFAX – Police have charged a 46-year-old man with accessing and possessing child pornography after a search of a Halifax-area home.

Robert William Harris, who has a business that teaches music therapy to kids, was arrested Thursday. Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) officers seized computer equipment from the home on Allan Street.

A photo of Harris from his business website. Creative Expressions Music Therapy/Facebook

Police told Global News they did not found any child pornography made locally.

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Harris specializes in teaching people who suffer from autism, mental and physical disabilities, including children.

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He was also charged with making available child pornography.

Police are still investigating.

Harris is being held and will appear in court Thursday afternoon to face the charges.

*with files from Global News’ Natasha Pace

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