Officer in northwestern New Brunswick charged with sexual offences involving a minor

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GRAND FALLS - A police oversight agency says a municipal police officer in Grand Falls, N.B., is facing multiple charges related to an allegedly inappropriate relationship with a minor.

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GRAND FALLS – A police oversight agency says a municipal police officer in Grand Falls, N.B., is facing multiple charges related to an allegedly inappropriate relationship with a minor.

The Serious Incident Response Team says it started investigating after receiving a complaint from the Grand Falls Police Force on March 31.

The agency says Const. Paul Lavoie has been charged with five criminal offences including four related to child luring and making sexually explicit material available to a child.

The waiting area of the Serious Incident Response Team is seen in Halifax on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The agency investigates deaths, serious injuries, sexual assaults, domestic violence and other matters of public interest involving police officers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
The waiting area of the Serious Incident Response Team is seen in Halifax on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The agency investigates deaths, serious injuries, sexual assaults, domestic violence and other matters of public interest involving police officers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

The final charge is for breach of trust by a public officer.

The alleged offences are believed to have occurred on or between Feb. 10, 2025, and March 22, 2025.

The agency, which oversees police in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, did not release other details about the case.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2026.

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