A Chatham-Kent man faces child pornography charges following an extensive investigation.
It began last November when the Chatham-Kent Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), received information from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children that a Chatham-Kent resident was sharing child sexual abuse material on the social media platform Kik Messenger.
In January, as part an ongoing investigation, members of the unit executed a search warrant at the residence of a 41-year-old Chatham-Kent man, where several electronic devices were seized during a search of the home.
Following an analysis of the seized devices, police allege that the man was also purchasing such material through various means online.
On Tuesday, police charged the man for possession of child porn, accessing child porn and creating it (in written format).
He was arrested and remains in custody pending a bail hearing. The investigation is ongoing.
