Edmonton man charged with luring and child pornography – Edmonton | 24CA News
An Edmonton man, who police say was making an attempt to fulfill youngsters for intercourse, has been arrested by Alberta police.
Police stated primarily based on digital proof obtained from the person’s telephone, investigators consider youngsters as younger as 9 might have been sexually assaulted.
Aarron Kowalchuk, 34, was arrested at an Edmonton deal with on June 20, with the help of the Edmonton Police Service.
According to the web youngster exploration unit of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, the person was discovered carrying a backpack with a carried out vitality weapon.
Kowalchuk has been charged with youngster luring, association of a sexual offence towards a toddler, making sexually express materials out there to a toddler, making youngster pornography, possession of kid pornography, distribution of kid pornography and possession of a prohibited machine.
Kowalchuk stays in police custody.
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In an announcement Thursday, police stated a forensic evaluation of the person’s seized telephone and different pc gadgets uncovered youngster sexual exploitation supplies and incriminating on-line chat logs.
Investigators stated they consider Kowalchuk was sending youngsters sexually express supplies and making an attempt to fulfill for intercourse. They allege Kowalchuk met and sexually assaulted at the very least two youngsters who police have been unable to determine. They say these situations might have taken place within the Edmonton space.
Kowalchuk stays in custody and is scheduled to seem in courtroom on July 14.
Police say anybody with info can contact their native police, or report their concern anonymously on cybertip.ca.
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