Luring Suspect Donald Richards
Facebook Photo DURHAM -- A Bowmanville man charged with attempting to lure a 12-year-old boy through social media has been released on bail. Donald Richards, 40, has been charged with two counts of luring a person under the age of 16 by means of telecommunication. February 17, 2016.
DURHAM -- Three more people have come forward with allegations to York Regional Police after the service charged a Bowmanville man with luring a 12-year-old York Region boy over social media with a fake Facebook profile displaying photos of a beautiful woman.
The boy’s parents discovered his online activities, uncovering the sexual discussions he was allegedly unwittingly having with a 40-year-old Bowmanville man.
However, this case is not as simplistic as online grooming, according to police, considering the man was working at concession stands at a number of hockey rinks around Oshawa, including Donevan Recreation Complex, Oshawa Civic, Harman Arena and Oshawa Children’s Arena.
Oshawa's City manager said the municipality has decided to run it's own parallel investigation into what occurred to see if the man was subjected to background checks and whether it will continue it's contract service providers.
"This individual was in our facilities," said Jag Sharma. "We require background checks, but we do have some agreements that are dated, we will review our policies and see if we need to correct for that. Oshawa takes the safety of users and staff very seriously.”
Police investigators suggest the accused might have obtained boys’ names and information from team rosters posted around the rink or, even more disturbingly, from the boys’ hockey jerseys, which often have last names on the back.
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Update: Oshawa to review hiring of Bowmanville man now charged with luring of 12-year-old boy