Wingham Free Press
Region of Peel – Investigators from the Special Victims Unit (SVU) have charged a Brampton man following a sexual assault investigation. In January 2025, SVU detectives began an investigation following criminal allegations from a concerned parent. It is alleged that the suspect, working as a teaching assistant sexually assaulted a child within the school. This incident allegedly […]
Additional charges have been laid in a child pornography investigation where three new victims have been identified. On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, members of the Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), executed a search warrant at the residence of a male believed to be making and sharing child pornography, using the Telegram app with user names: […]
In January 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit commenced a joint investigation with the Brantford Police Service into the sexual exploitation of children over a social media platform. On February 15, 2025, Detectives from Niagara Regional Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit and Technological Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a private residence in Welland and seized numerous digital devices capable of storing electronic data. Jordan R. GAUTHIER (41 years) was arrested and is now facing the […]
Police are concerned there may be more victims after a 21-year-old male was arrested and charged with committing sexual offences against a minor. On Friday, February 7, 2025, members of the Durham Regional Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) began an investigation after it was learned a 14-year-old girl was being groomed for human trafficking. […]
(WASAGA BEACH, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU), with the assistance of the Huronia West OPP and OPP Digital Forensics, has arrested and charged a Wasaga Beach resident following a child sexual exploitation investigation. As a result of the investigation, a search warrant was executed at a residence, and […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – Police arrested a cab driver in Elliot Lake for multiple sex offences. On February 10, 2025, at approximately 5:00 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in relation to an on-going sexual assault investigation in Elliot Lake. On February 7, 2025, a family member reported that a 14-year-old […]
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON) – On January 31, 2025, at approximately 1:36 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie and Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Units made an arrest following an extensive investigation into online child sexual exploitation. The arrest is also in relation to a search warrant police executed at a Rossmore Road residence in […]
An extensive investigation into the non-consensual sharing of intimate content has resulted in 12 people being arrested and facing a total of 172 charges. The Thunder Bay Police Service Cyber Crime Unit began investigating in 2023 after learning that multiple women in Thunder Bay had been having their images shared through groups in an online […]
A male has been arrested after committing an indecent act at Lakeview Park in Oshawa. On Friday, January 31, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m., members of Central East Division responded to a sex offence call in the area of Lakeview Park Avenue and Simcoe Street South. Passersby observed a male committing an indecent and exposing […]
In February 2024, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit began investigation into Child Pornography offences committed over Instagram. On January 30, 2025, ICE Unit detectives along with the Technological Crimes Unit detectives executed a search warrant at a residence in the City of St Catharines. As a result of theinvestigation, several digital devices suspected to have been used in the commission of the offences were seized and William […]