A Toronto parks and recreation employee working with tots has been arrested following a child pornography investigation.
Police say a search warrant conducted on May 17 led to the discovery of “child sexual abuse videos.”
Bailey Butler-Antoine, 18, turned himself into police on Friday and is charged with two counts of possession child pornography, one count of make available child pornography and access child pornography.
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Police say the accused was employed by the city for the past four years working in aquatics, sports and youth programs.
Const. Caroline de Kloet said Butler-Antoine is on a “leave of absence” from the parks department.
She said he is not accused of being involved in creating child pornography and that the alleged victims “were not known to him.”
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He recently worked at the Dennis R. Timbrell Recreation Centre and Parkway Forest Community Centre in the area of Sheppard Avenue East and Highway 404.
Butler-Antoine appeared in court Friday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-8500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
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