KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha Lakes Police have located a man wanted by the London Police Service in a child pornography investigation after he was nabbed for allegedly shoplifting in Lindsay.
Kawartha Lakes Police were called to Russell Street grocery store just after 3:00 pm on Tuesday, November 21st after staff at the store told police they observed a man conceal a number of food items and attempt to leave the store without paying for them. When police arrived, they realized that the arrested man was also wanted in relation to an investigation into a man who was seeking out young females on the internet.
In May the London Police Service was contacted by a 16-year-old female who been contacted by a man on Facebook. Police say the man had used a fake Facebook account to establish contact with the girl and eventually try and co-coerce her into sending him pornographic pictures of herself. The man had also allegedly sent her pictures of his genitalia to her. When the female provided pictures to the man he sent them to other people he had befriended on Facebook according to police.
Further investigation revealed that the man was a Lindsay resident, which resulted in the investigation being forwarded to Kawartha Lakes Police. In early November of 2017, Kawartha Lakes Police issued a warrant for the arrest of 48-year-old Robert Darryl Brown of Lindsay.
Brown was detained in custody on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 on charges of Luring a Child, Unlawfully Possess Child Pornography, Distribute Child Pornography, Publication of Intimate Images Without Consent, Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Child, Theft Under $5000.00, Possession of Stolen Property Under $5000.00 and Failing to Comply with a Recognizance.
