Okanagan man facing sex charges

PENTICTON – A Summerland man is awaiting a new court date on several sex offences.

Joshua James Roberts is accused of several offences out of Summerland and Penticton including sexual exploitation, child luring, possessing child pornography, invitation to sexual touching and assault with a weapon.

According to Global Okanagan news, Roberts was granted bail Wednesday. His next court date is Jan. 15, 2015.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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  1. Louise Desabrais

    Another sexual deviant predator in the Okanagan.Is there something in our water?

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