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Child Pornography
Salmon Arm man on bail for child pornography now charged with child luring
A Salmon Arm man currently on bail awaiting trial on child sexual abuse and exploitation…
Kelowna man gets two years for possessing images of sexually assaulted children
A man was sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of possession of…
Former Vernon Judo coach pleads guilty to child pornography charges
VERNON – Former Vernon Judo coach Bryan McLachlan pleaded guilty today, June 26, to two…
Former Vernon Judo club coach charged with child pornography
VERNON – A former Judo coach and competitor of the Vernon Judo Club has been…
Vernon man found guilty in international child exploitation case
VERNON – A Vernon man has been found guilty of committing cyber crimes against children…
Trial date set for North Okanagan gym coach facing child porn allegations
VERNON – A North Okanagan gym coach accused of child pornography offences will stand trial…
Former Barriere fire chief pleads guilty to child pornography
KAMLOOPS – Former Barriere fire chief and local newspaper publisher Al Kirkwood has pleaded guilty…
Convicted Kelowna child pornographer wants out of jail pending appeal results
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man serving seven years for being “boyfriend and girlfriend” with a…
Peeping on child earns North Okanagan man time behind bars
NORTH OKANAGAN – A North Okanagan man arrested for planting a camera in the bathroom…
Jail for Kelowna man who took sexual pictures of six-year-old
"I REALLY HOPE HE DOESN'T SEND THOSE PICTURES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE." KELOWNA –…
Charges of child luring, porn dropped against West Kelowna man
KELOWNA – A West Kelowna man charged with making child pornography and luring a child…
Alleged Vernon arsonist now also facing child porn charges
VERNON – Charges are piling up for a Vernon man accused to setting fires in…
UPDATE: Former Vernon RCMP officer guilty, sentenced for possessing child pornography
"HE HAS... BEEN SUBJECTED TO PUNISHMENT WELL BEYOND THAT... (OF) A USUAL INMATE" KELOWNA - Former Vernon Mountie Ryan Hampton has been found guilty of possessing and downloading child pornography as well as several counts of breaching court orders. Hampton, 37, pleaded not guilty to possessing child pornography, accessing child pornography and six counts of breaching...
Vernon man admits to possession of child porn in Canada-wide bust
VERNON – A Vernon man will be sentenced in October after his arrest in a Canada-wide child pornography investigation.
Friend of cop charged with child porn says accuser-wife showed pornography after child’s birthday party
"IT WAS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC." KELOWNA – A friend of a former Vernon cop and his ex-wife Valerie Little, who accuses him of downloading child pornography, says she believes Little was trying to get pregnant to have a better chance at taking sole custody of their kids. She also testified Little accidentally played a pornographic video...
Support from church members no help to Kelowna child pornographer
"I'VE DESTROYED FAMILIES. I REALIZE WHAT I'VE DONE." KELOWNA – A man who admitted to having more than 500 images of child pornography on various computers and hard drives was sentenced to two years in jail in Kelowna Provincial Court Friday, April 10. David Gerald Smart, 43, pleaded guilty to making and possessing child pornography...
Summerland man escapes child porn charge in ‘cautionary tale’
"A FEW SECONDS OF DRUNKEN STUPIDITY AND YOU COULD BE COMMITTING A CRIME WITH MANDATORY MINIMUMS OF ONE YEAR:" CROWN PENTICTON - A Summerland man pled guilty to voyeurism in Penticton Provincial Court Monday for actions Judge Gale Sinclair called “stupid in the extreme.” The 19-year-old man, who can't be identified because of a publication...
90 days in jail for child porn
KELOWNA - A Kelowna man will spend the next 20 weekends behind bars for having pornographic images of kids between the ages of six and 12 on his computer. Terrance Richard Avery, 68, was arrested in 2011 after police traced his IP address and obtained a search warrant for his residence. Crown prosecutor Murray Kaay says...
Child lurer enticed victims by saying he was a modelling agent
VERNON - A Vernon man lured Okanagan girls via Facebook by telling them he was a modeling agent looking for young talent, said the Crown. David Clayton Willerth, born in 1974, is scheduled to enter expected guilty pleas for 25 counts, including communicating by computer to lure a person under 16, making or publishing child...