Pervert Alert – Michael HUGHES – Child Pornography

(Ottawa) —In February 2015, the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) received information from the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre that a suspect residing in the Ottawa area had uploaded Child Pornography using his Facebook account.

On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 2000 block of Belcourt Boulevard. Several computers and external digital devices were seized and forensically analysed.

Michael HUGHES, 35 years old, of Ottawa has been charged with:

2 x Possession of Child Pornography contrary to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code,

1 x Distribution of Child Pornography contrary to s. 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code,

1 x Access of Child Pornography contrary to s. 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code

He is scheduled to appear at court for a bail hearing on Thursday, March 12th.

The ICE Unit would like to remind people that Facebook has a ‘Safety Team’ of professionally trained employees who focus on the prevention of sharing of Child Pornography.

The Ottawa Police Service is a member of the Provincial Strategy to protect children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet. This Project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

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