The person was arrested at a St. Catharines residence as police executed a search warrant at present
NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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In March 2024, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Web Youngster Exploitation (ICE) Unit started a proactive investigation to focus on folks in our neighborhood who use the Web to contact kids for sexual functions.
Throughout the month of March 2024, Adam John Reginald Smelser (37 years outdated) of St. Catharines used the Web to converse with an individual who he believed to a be a 14-year-old feminine. In doing so he dedicated the next offences:
Luring a baby by way of telecommunication to facilitate the offence of sexual interference
Luring a baby by way of telecommunication to facilitate making little one pornography
Publicity to an individual below 16 years of age
Making sexually specific materials obtainable to a baby
On April 5, 2024, detectives executed a search warrant at a personal residence within the Metropolis of St. Catharines and seized units able to storing digital information. Adam Smelser was situated inside the residence and arrested on the identical time.
“Detectives from the Internet Child Exploitation Unit have reason to believe that Adam Smelser was using the name “Adam Sterling” and self-importance identify “asterling7615” to commit offences in opposition to different kids on the Web. In case you have data regarding this individual please contact the Niagara Regional Police Service at 905-688-4111.”
Adam Smelser was held in custody after his arrest and is about to seem for a bail listening to on April 5, 2024 on the Robert S.Okay. Welch Courthouse, situated at 59 Church Road, within the Metropolis of St. Catharines.
“This arrest showcases the dedication of our members in ensuring some of the most vulnerable members of our community are protected, sending a strong message that the predatory behaviours associated with using the Internet to lure children for a sexual purpose will not be tolerated in Niagara.”
For extra data on how dad and mom and guardians can hold kids secure on-line click on right here
The Niagara Regional Police Service is a member of the Provincial Technique to Shield Youngsters from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Web and conducts investigations into Web Youngster Exploitation Offences in partnership with Ontario Police Providers and Worldwide Companions. This investigative initiative has been made attainable by a grant from the Ministry of the Solicitor Normal.
Members of the general public who want to present data anonymously are inspired to contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara on-line or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers provides money rewards to individuals who contact this system with data that results in an arrest.
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