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Eastern Ontario child luring investigation results in arrests of 5 men: police

KINGSTON, Ont. — Police in Kingston, Ont., say five men are under arrest facing an anticipated total of 17 charges in a child luring investigation.

Police say the arrests were made in conjunction with provincial police between Wednesday and Friday when warrants were executed in Kingston, Verona and Carleton Place.

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Police allege two accused in Kingston arranged a meeting with a person they believed to be a 15-year-old girl, but instead was a police detective posing as a teenager online.

Three men from Kingston, Lyndhurst, and Verona, face charges that include luring and sending sexually explicit material to a child, while another Kingson man is charged with child pornography-related offences.

Police say a 28-year-old Carleton Place man was arrested on Nov. 18 and charges are pending further investigation into allegations of child luring and sending sexually explicit material to a 14-year-old living in the United States.

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