Man charged, accused of luring child in Ohio

A 36-year-old man is facing numerous child-sexual abuse imagery charges after police executed a warrant on a home in Headingley Tuesday.

In May, police started investigating after being told a man was talking with a child from Ohio, online by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said a Winnipeg Police Service news release Saturday.

Internet Child Exploitation officers investigated and found ongoing communication between the man and a child, with officers seizing multiple electronic devices, using an electronic storage detection police dog to find them.

The suspect’s charges include possession and distribution of child sexual abuse and exploitation material, transmitting sexual images to a person under 18 and luring a person under 18 using means of telecommunication.

He was released on conditions and an undertaking.