In a rare move, an Alberta judge has allowed a man charged with forcibly confining and assaulting a 10-year-old girl to live with his parents in Innisfil while on bail.
“He’s been released on bail back to his parents’ house in Innisfil, on strict conditions,” South Simcoe Police Staff Sgt. Steve Wilson said.
“We were made aware of it, the family has been very co-operative and we’ve been proactively working with them to make sure he doesn’t re-offend.”
The 20-year-old man was charged Aug. 25 after RCMP investigated an attempted child abduction report.
The Journal is withholding the name of the man as his case is still before the courts.
RCMP said a 10-year-old girl was lured from her Canmore, Alberta home at 4:15 p.m. Aug. 20.
The girl was playing outside alone when a man on a bicycle approached her, told her his cat had just had kittens and asked if she would like to see them.
She walked beside him and as they approached a wooded area, he allegedly grabbed her around the waist and put his hand over her mouth.
She managed to break free and ran home to her mom, who called police.
The RCMP K-9 unit searched the area, but didn’t find the man.
Officers later released a CCTV photo of the man on his bike, along with a police sketch.
The man also faces a charge of voyeurism, which stems from unrelated photographs of adult women seized during the investigation.
Wilson said South Simcoe Police is taking extra precautions to ensure there is no greater risk to the public in having the man relocate here.
“Because of the nature of the charges, we’ve taken extra steps to prevent a re-occurrence in our community,” Wilson said.
He added it’s rare for a person facing criminal charges to be allowed to relocate to a different province, but it was a judicial release.
“It’s unusual for us because it’s so far away. I know in our situation, we would be concerned with releasing somebody that far away.”
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Alberta child abduction suspect released to live in Innisfil with parents
“He’s been released on bail back to his parents’ house in Innisfil, on strict conditions,” South Simcoe Police Staff Sgt. Steve Wilson said.
“We were made aware of it, the family has been very co-operative and we’ve been proactively working with them to make sure he doesn’t re-offend.”
The 20-year-old man was charged Aug. 25 after RCMP investigated an attempted child abduction report.
The Journal is withholding the name of the man as his case is still before the courts.
RCMP said a 10-year-old girl was lured from her Canmore, Alberta home at 4:15 p.m. Aug. 20.
The girl was playing outside alone when a man on a bicycle approached her, told her his cat had just had kittens and asked if she would like to see them.
She walked beside him and as they approached a wooded area, he allegedly grabbed her around the waist and put his hand over her mouth.
She managed to break free and ran home to her mom, who called police.
The RCMP K-9 unit searched the area, but didn’t find the man.
Officers later released a CCTV photo of the man on his bike, along with a police sketch.
The man also faces a charge of voyeurism, which stems from unrelated photographs of adult women seized during the investigation.
Wilson said South Simcoe Police is taking extra precautions to ensure there is no greater risk to the public in having the man relocate here.
“Because of the nature of the charges, we’ve taken extra steps to prevent a re-occurrence in our community,” Wilson said.
He added it’s rare for a person facing criminal charges to be allowed to relocate to a different province, but it was a judicial release.
“It’s unusual for us because it’s so far away. I know in our situation, we would be concerned with releasing somebody that far away.”
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Alberta child abduction suspect released to live in Innisfil with parents