New Brunswick RCMP say a Moncton man is facing multiple charges in connection to an investigation of an alleged assault of a person under 16.
Police say they first received a complaint of the assault on Feb. 24, 2019, with the assault reportedly occurring between September 2016 and January 2018.
READ MORE: Edmonton chiropractor charged with sexual assault in alleged 1986 incidents
They soon began their investigation and executed a search warrant at a home in Moncton on Feb. 28.
Get breaking National news
A man was arrested by police at the home and was held in custody.
Dillon Turpin, 27, appeared in Moncton Provincial Court on March 1 and was charged with the following offences:
- Sexual assault
- Sexual interference
- Invitation to sexual touching
- Two counts of uttering threats
- Unlawful confinement
- Possession of child pornography
- Making child pornography
- Making available sexually explicit material to a person under the age of 16
WATCH: Court documents detail disturbing allegations against former Halifax teacher
_848x480_1433302083616.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
- Anna Kepner: Stepbrother accused of killing woman on cruise ship pleads not guilty
- ‘I did it’: U.S. lab employee allegedly admits to poisoning co-worker’s water bottle
- 2024 had largest decrease in crimes with a firearm in 10 years: StatCan
- Family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez speaks out after D4vd’s murder charge
Turpin has since been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on March 6 for a bail hearing.
The Mounties say there is a court-imposed publication ban on any information that could identify the victim of the alleged assault.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.