Salmon Arm man on bail for child pornography now charged with child luring

A Salmon Arm man currently on bail awaiting trial on child sexual abuse and exploitation material charges is facing new charges of luring a child and making child pornography.

Brecken Peters, born 1997, was due in Salmon Arm courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 14, for three new charges related to possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, making child sexual abuse and exploitation material, and telecommunication to lure a child under 18 years old.

Court documents said the charges took place between February and June 2021.

Peters is currently on bail awaiting trial on similar charges that took place between 2018 and 2020.

The B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation Unit first put Peters on its radar in 2019 and said previously that the case was complex and involved multiple reports and analysis of digital evidence.

Following the two-year investigation, in July 2021, the RCMP arrested Peters who was then 23 years old.

Precise details of what took place aren't yet known. 

None of the charges has been proven in court.

Peters is due back in court on the new charges March 14.

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