The Barrie police‘s internet child exploitation unit charged two individuals after two unrelated search warrants were executed in Orillia, Ont., last week.
Last Wednesday, police arrested and charged a 23-year-old man with luring a child, sending sexually explicit material to a child and making child pornography via social media (Instagram).
Officers started the investigation in April after the victim filed a complaint with city police.
One day later, last Thursday, officers executed a second, unrelated search warrant in Orillia and arrested and charged a 25-year-old man.
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The man is facing charges of criminal harassment, extortion and non-consensual distribution of intimate images via social media (Instagram).
Police started the investigation in January after a 21-year-old victim filed a complaint.
In the first incident, the accused was held for bail and given a future court date, while the second accused was released on a promise to appear with a future court date.
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Officers say they seized several computer devices that belonged to the two accused. They said those will be forensically analyzed for digital evidence.
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