Following a two-month investigation police on Nov. 19 arrested a Wallaceburg man on charges of sharing sexual abuse and exploitation material (CSAEM) on the social media platform Snapchat and through Dropbox.
In September, Chatham-Kent police’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit received information from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children that a Chatham-Kent resident was sharing such material.
On Nov. 6, the unit raided the man’s home in Wallaceburg, seizing several electronic devices and searching the residence.
Police analyzed the devices and allege that the man was communicating with multiple people under the age of 16 and that he was found to be in possession of CSAEM.
On Nov. 19, officers arrested their suspect.
A 25-year-old Wallaceburg man is charged with possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material, luring a child and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
The man was held in custody pending a bail hearing and the investigation is continuing.
