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A 30-year-old Bowmanville man faces a number of charges related to a child poaching investigation.
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Durham Regional Police say that in late May, Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) officers began investigating a man who allegedly communicated online with a 12-year-old girl.
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“The man sent sexually explicit messages to the victim and shared sexually explicit material with her,” police said in a statement Wednesday.
ICE unit members identified the suspect and executed a search warrant at his Bowmanville home on Tuesday, where they arrested him “without incident.”
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Taylor Comeau is charged with luring a person under 18 to create child sexual abuse and exploitation material; luring a person under 16 years of age to facilitate sexual assault; luring a person under 16 years of age to facilitate sexual intercourse; and providing sexually explicit material to persons under 18 years of age to facilitate the creation of child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
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He was detained at a bail hearing.
Investigators are concerned about other alleged victims
Investigators released a photo of the accused because they were concerned about the possibility of other alleged victims.
Police say Comeau operated under the username “sinister.illustrations.” on Tik Tok and Instagram.
“The DRPS Online Child Exploitation Unit would like to thank Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and the El Paso Police Department for their assistance in this investigation,” police said.
Anyone with information regarding this or similar incidents is urged to call the Internet Child Exploitation Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5542 or anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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