The London Police Cyber Crime Unit conducted an investigation after receiving a complaint from a 17-year-old female reporting inappropriate emails in response to an advertisement for employment she had responded to on an Internet web site. Further police investigation resulted in a search warrant being executed at a Hillcrest Ave residence in the city of London on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
As a result of the investigation, 41-year-old David Giesbrecht was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code of Canada offences:
three counts of telecommunication with person under or believed under 18 years for specific criminal offences, contrary to section 172.1(1)(a);
two counts of telecommunication with person under or believed under 16 years for specific criminal offences, contrary to section 172.1(1)(b);
The London Police Service is a member of the Provincial Strategy to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation on the internet. The Strategy has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.