By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

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Red Deer man charged with porn-related offenses

Sep 16, 2022 | 11:21 AM

Authorities have charged a 72-year-old Red Deer man with multiple child porn-related offenses.

ALERT spokesman Mike Tucker confirms to rdnewsNOW that on Aug. 25, police, including local RCMP, seized a number of electronic devices from an apartment building in the 3700 block of 51 Avenue.

Robert Crawshaw, 72, was arrested on-site.

“The investigation stemmed from a referral by RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre regarding an unknown Alberta-based suspect sharing child pornography via a social media application,” says Tucker in a statement.

“Crawshaw was previously unknown to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit. The investigation appears to be online in nature. We don’t believe any child is necessarily at-risk or was physically harmed upon. Currently we are not looking for any victims.”

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According to Alberta Justice, Crawshaw is charged for offenses that took place between March 2, 2022 and July 3, 2022.

The charges are as follows:

-did make, print, publish or possess for the purpose of publishing, child pornography – CC 163.1(2)

-did possess child pornography – CC 163.1(4)

-did access child pornography – CC 163.1(4.1)

Crawshaw was released from custody following his arrest and appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 15. He is scheduled to appear again on Oct. 6.