A Wallaceburg man has been arrested in connection to a months-long investigation into child pornography.
In September, Chatham-Kent Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit received information from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children that a Chatham-Kent resident was sharing child sexual abuse and exploitation material on the social media platforms Snapchat and Dropbox.
Local officers executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home on November 6, seizing several electronic devices. Authorities say the man had been communication with multiple people under the age of 16, and was found in possession of explicit material.
The 25-year-old was arrested this past Wednesday, and is now facing several charges, including possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material, accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, luring a child and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
He was held in custody pending a bail hearing as the investigation continues.