In December 2022, investigators began engaging online with a man from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with a 14-year-old boy and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child. Following inquiries, a 68-year-old man was arrested about 7.40am last Friday (27 January 2023) at a home in Avalon Beach. He was taken to Manly Police Station and charged with use carriage service to send indecent material to person under 16 and use carriage service to groom under 16 years for sex. He was refused bail to appear at Manly Local Court that day, before he was granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday 16 March 2023.
Last month, CEIU detectives began engaging online with a man from Sydney’s west. Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with 13-year-old twins and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the children and distributed child abuse material. Detectives arrested a 38-year-old man at Girraween about 7am on Monday (30 January 2023) before he was taken to Granville Police Station and charged with use carriage service to solicit child abuse material, use carriage service transmit/publish/promote child abuse, use carriage service-procure under 16 years for sexual activity, and two counts of fail to comply with reporting obligations. He remains bail refused to next appear at Parramatta Local Court on Thursday 30 March 2023.
Also last month, acting on information from an interstate jurisdiction, detectives began investigating a man allegedly utilising a peer-to-peer file sharing program to upload, share and download a number of files deemed to be child abuse material. About 6.50am on Tuesday (31 January 2023), Sex Crimes Squad detectives executed a search warrant at a home in Quakers Hill and arrested a 53-year-old man. He was taken to Riverstone Police Station and charged with possess child abuse material, and disseminate child abuse material. He was refused bail to appear at Blacktown Local Court that day, where he was formally bail refused to reappear at the same court today (Thursday 2 February 2023).
Last month, CEIU detectives began engaging online with a man from Bathurst. Police will allege in court that the man believed he was speaking with a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child. Investigators attended a Bathurst home about 6am yesterday (Wednesday 1 February 2023), where they executed a Commonweath search warrant and arrested a 24-year-old man. He was taken to Bathurst Police Station and charged with use carriage service to send indecent material to person under 16, and use carriage service transmit/publish/promote child abuse. He was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Bathurst Local Court on Wednesday 22 February 2023.
