Thunder Bay Police Service officers have laid charges against an accused male in connection with an ongoing investigation into the uploading of child pornography.
Members of the Cyber Crimes Unit received information in November, 2019 about a local Internet user uploading numerous files suspected to be child pornography. The suspicious files were reviewed and investigators found them to be consistent with child pornography.
Through the course of an investigation a suspect was identified. On Feb. 14, 2020 the suspect was arrested by police on an unrelated matter.
During this arrest a cell phone was the subject of a search warrant and seized by police.
A Cyber Crimes Unit investigator found the contents of the mobile phone included images of child pornography.
Police continued to investigate incidents of the uploading of child pornography, and on Thursday, Feb. 20, police formally laid charges against the accused.
Sidney Dwayne MACALPINE, 40, of Thunder Bay, is charged with Possession of Child Pornography and Breach of Probation x 2.
He was scheduled to appear in bail court via video on Friday, Feb. 21