The ongoing investigation into the online activity of a 19-year-old man from Cochrane, Alta., has led to additional charges related to child pornography.
Bransyn Lyon was arrested at his home in the town west of Calgary on Tuesday, Dec. 5 following an October investigation, spurred by the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre, October into the sharing of child sexual materials on Snapchat.
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According to the internet child exploitation (ICE) unit of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), Lyon was charged with distributing, accessing and possessing child pornography.
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Lyon was also charged with three counts of failing to comply with a release order.
According to ALERT, the accused was previously charged in connection with a July investigation into similar offences in Saskatchewan. Conditions of Lyon’s release included bans on owning electronic devices, accessing pornography or accessing the internet unsupervised.
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