Nanaimo crime: Potential child-luring incident averted | CTV News – CTV News VI

Share Article

Nanaimo RCMP say a potential child-luring incident was averted after a 53-year-old man came to Vancouver Island to meet with a young girl.
Police say they were called to Robins Park in Nanaimo, B.C., on June 29 after two city workers saw the mismatched pair speaking together around 1:30 p.m.
"The witnesses said that the two were siting very close to each other in the bleachers and by their interactions and body gestures it did not appear that it was a father-daughter relationship," said RCMP in a release Monday.
After the city workers observed the man speaking with the girl – who is 11 to 15-years-old, police say – the workers phoned police.
Mounties then came to the park to speak with both the man and the girl.
The youth told police that she met the man through a social media platform called V-sing, a karaoke app that lets people share videos of themselves singing and chat through a private messenger.
The girl told police that she thought the man was 25 and that they had been speaking for about nine months, including through daily FaceTime calls on her cellphone.
The youth told police that the pair were "nothing more than good friends," and when police spoke with the man he said the same thing.
However, while the man claimed the two were only friends, police say "he did not deny that his intentions could be seen as being sexual in nature."
The man also told police that he had arrived in Nanaimo earlier that day after traveling from his home in the U.S. Mid-West.
Mounties say there was not enough evidence to arrest the man at the time, but he was ordered to leave the country.
Police say the Canada Border Security Agency was able to confirm he had travelled back to the U.S. later that day.
"This investigation is being aggressively pursued by this detachment as well by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States," said Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP.
"Investigators would also like to acknowledge the witnesses who provided such timely evidence. If it was not for their astute observations and phone call, this incident could have ended terribly for this young lady and her family," he said.
Police have also released several tips for keeping kids safe online:
More internet safety tips can also be found on the Canadian Child Prevention Centre website.
The fallout continues days after a massive system failure disrupted the Rogers network, throwing customers across the country offline last Friday and into the weekend for some. CTVNews.ca breaks down what we know about the nationwide outage.

The United States is supporting Canada's decision to allow a Canadian company to return turbines from a Russian pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany, saying in the short term it was the right move, as European countries continue working towards reducing their 'collective dependence' on Russian energy.

Contracting COVID-19 radically changed Tracey Thompson's life. The Toronto woman says the enduring illness and lack of substantive financial support has led her to begin the process of ending her life.

Domestic violence extended back generations in the family of the man who carried out the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, a document released Monday by a public inquiry reveals.

Former Hells Angels boss Maurice "Mom" Boucher, regarded as one of the most infamous criminals in Quebec history, has died.

A nurses' shortage made worse over the pandemic has advocates calling on the federal government to provide more support to health-care workers overwhelmed in the industry.

As summer festivals get underway across Canada, so too has another wave of COVID-19, experts warn. The more infectious BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants are expected to make up a larger share of all COVID-19 cases in Canada.

Via Rail has narrowly avoided the prospect of immediately suspending services across Canada after a strike deadline was extended to Monday afternoon.

A mother in New Mexico made a daring rescue attempt, after her SUV was hijacked with her two children inside the vehicle.

While summer weather may be drawing hikers to local mountains, B.C. rescue crews are warning many trails and backcountry areas still have significant amounts of snow.

The state of health care in Canada will top the agenda as the premiers gather Monday on the West Coast.

B.C.'s Transportation Ministry is once again warning drivers who typically rely on Google Maps to plan their routes to double check if they spot a questionable closure.

The provincial government has announced that Sept. 1 will be known as Alberta Day to celebrate the province’s cultural history, and the anniversary of its place in Confederation.

A second block of 10,000 free tickets to the Papal Mass at Commonwealth Stadium sold out in less than 10 minutes after being released to the public on Monday.

A serious single-vehicle rollover will cause major delays Monday morning in west Edmonton, police said.

A man is 'unaccounted for' after a golf cart was reportedly driven into a large pond at a golf course in Richmond Hill.

Contracting COVID-19 radically changed Tracey Thompson's life. The Toronto woman says the enduring illness and lack of substantive financial support has led her to begin the process of ending her life.

A woman who spent more than 16 hours delayed at Toronto Pearson said she saw baggage dropped and abandoned on the tarmac.

Broken legs are a devastating injury to chuckwagon horses and a team of researchers at the University of Calgary is exploring ways of minimizing the risk.

The province has announced it will cover the new cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta in children ages six to 11.

RCMP are searching for two missing boaters last seen Sunday afternoon before their boat capsized in Spray Valley Provincial Park.

Former Hells Angels boss Maurice "Mom" Boucher, regarded as one of the most infamous criminals in Quebec history, has died.

Two Montreal DJs got backstage passes to the Roots show at Jazz Fest after showing up, vinyl in hand, after Questlove was in desperate need of a record.

Another 1,016 people tested positive for COVID-19 and three people have died because of the virus, Quebec's health ministry said Monday.

Domestic violence extended back generations in the family of the man who carried out the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, a document released Monday by a public inquiry reveals.

Demonstrators at an abortion rights rally in Fredericton this weekend said the U.S. Supreme Court’s repealing of Roe v. Wade is linked to long-standing discussions about procedure access and funding in New Brunswick.

The Rebecca Schofield All-World Super Play Park located behind her former childhood school has been a source of pride in Riverview, N.B., but unfortunately, it hasn't been treated that way lately.

The Winnipeg Police Service is informing the public that a convicted sex offender who is considered high risk to re-offend has been released from prison and is expected to live in Winnipeg.

With flight delays and cancellations taking place at airports around Canada, CAA Manitoba is offering advice to help make your travel experiences a little bit smoother.

A fire at a strip mall in Steinbach, Man., on Sunday has prompted an air quality advisory, according to the fire department.

Nine downtown Kitchener residents are starting over following a fire that gutted the six-unit building they lived in at 87 Benton Street.

The fallout continues days after a massive system failure disrupted the Rogers network, throwing customers across the country offline last Friday and into the weekend for some. CTVNews.ca breaks down what we know about the nationwide outage.

More than $200,000 was stolen from a Downtown Guelph business in the early hours of Saturday.

SaskEnergy has filed a one-year commodity and three-year delivery service rate increase with the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel, that would see the average homeowner paying $16.91 more per month if approved.

After a sharp increase in 2021, the price of lumber has dropped immensely in 2022, which is giving one western Canadian trader optimism that a more stable market will return.

Two people from Calgary are facing drug-related charges, after 954 grams of methamphetamine and 337 grams of cocaine were seized from a vehicle on Highway 1 near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan RCMP said in a release.

A 33-year-old Lake of Bays Township man has been charged with impaired driving while operating a Sea-Doo.

Ontario lost 24,700 jobs in June.

Residents living in a seniors apartment complex in Angus are speaking out about being forced to take the stairs for over a month.

The search for a missing 5-year-old Saskatchewan boy has ended after his remains were found on Saturday.

At 9:55 p.m. on Saturday, the Saskatoon Fire Department received multiple calls of a structure fire on the 10 Block of Westview Place, according to a news release.

Canada's industry minister will convene a meeting with the leader of Rogers Communications in the wake of a massive outage that paralyzed the company's network and hampered several crucial services, his office announced on Sunday, even as some customers continued to report service disruptions.

The northeastern community of Temiskaming Shores is divided following a tense city council meeting on June 21.

Check your lottery tickets if you tried your luck at winning Saturday's $20 million LOTTO 6/49 draw.

Contracting COVID-19 radically changed Tracey Thompson's life. The Toronto woman says the enduring illness and lack of substantive financial support has led her to begin the process of ending her life.

CTV News Programs
Local News
© 2022 All rights reserved. Use of this Website assumes acceptance of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy

source

You might also like

Surviving 2nd wave of corona
COVID-19

Surviving The 2nd Wave of Corona

‘This too shall pass away’ this famous Persian adage seems to be defeating us again and again in the case of COVID-19. Despite every effort

@voguewellness