Port Elgin man charged with extortion of woman he met online

A 41-year-old man from Port Elgin is facing charges of extortion and harassment.

From March 2015 to February 2018, Hamilton police say a man sent thousands of text messages and emails to a woman he met on a dating site. Her identity is being withheld by police.

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Police say the man used an alias while allegedly attempting to extort the female by threatening to send personal information about her to her family.

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Hamilton police central detectives with the assistance of the Hamilton police tech crime unit and Saugeen Shores police executed a search warrant in Port Elgin on Feb 20. It resulted in the arrest of a man and the seizure of cellphones and computers.

George Condy is facing charges of four counts of extortion and one count of harassment.