3 charged with child pornography offences

OPP News Release

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Orillia – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Section (Project “P”) and the OPP Electronic Crimes Section, with officers from the Southern James Bay, Kirkland Lake and Temiskaming Detachments of the OPP, in conjunction with the Timmins Police Service and the Barrie Police Service Computer Forensic Unit, have arrested and charged 3 North-Eastern Ontario men in relation to Child Pornography Offences following the execution of 6 search warrants this week.

The offenders were identified through various means including online undercover police activities as well as information from law enforcement authorities in Boston, MA, USA. The offenders were engaged in the collection and sharing of child sexual abuse images.

Charges are as follows:

Daniel HACHE – age 54 from Moonbeam Ontario has been charged with 2 counts of possession of child pornography.

Mario CHOUINARD – age 41 from Hearst Ontario has been charged with 2 counts of possession of child pornography and 1 count of making available child pornography.

Christopher LEGAULT – age 19 from Kirkland Lake Ontario has been charged with 2 counts of possession of child pornography and 1 count of making available child pornography.

All accused are in custody and are scheduled for a bail hearing on October 2, 2009.

HACHE and CHOUINARD will make their appearance in Cochrane Provincial Court and LEGAULT will appear in Haileybury Court.

Search warrants were also executed in Timmins and Haileybury.

The investigations are continuing.

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