Olds RCMP, Internet Child Exploitation Unit, charge male for alleged child pornography offences

Jun 6, 2025 | 12:42 PM

An Olds man is facing child pornography charges following an investigation and subsequent arrest this week.

On June 3, 2025, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Olds RCMP, with the assistance of the Alberta RCMP Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), arrested an Olds resident for alleged child pornography offences.

With the assistance of ICE, Olds RCMP launched an investigation in late May 2025. On Tuesday morning, Olds RCMP and ICE executed a search warrant at an Olds residence. As a result, Charles Landon, 48, was arrested and charged with the following:

Child Pornography – Transmits, makes available, distributes or sells
Child Pornography – Possession
Child Pornography – Accessing
Child Pornography – Print/publish/makes

Mounties say Landon was released on a release order with an extensive list of conditions after a Judicial Interim Release Hearing and will next be appearing in Alberta Court of Justice in Didsbury on July 7, 2025.

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Sgt. Jamie Day, Detachment Commander of Olds RCMP, states, “Olds RCMP remains fully committed in building safer communities by working in partnership with our community, as well as through investigative and enforcement efforts to achieve this goal. Olds RCMP would like to thank ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit for their assistance during this investigation.”

Anyone with information about online child exploitation offences is encouraged to contact their local RCMP or www.cybertip.ca. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

by rdnewsNOW staff

Olds RCMP, Internet Child Exploitation Unit, charge male for alleged child pornography offences

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