Summerland man enters guilty plea

PENTICTON – A Summerland man has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge stemming from an inappropriate relationship with a minor.

Joshua J. Roberts entered the plea to sexual exploitation from a relationship with a 17-year-old girl that lasted for almost a year. Roberts originally faced five counts from what was described as a consensual relationship that ended just before the girl’s 18th birthday.

The Crown asked for a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric assessment, following which the remaining four counts against Roberts were stayed.

Judge Brad Chapman ordered the assessment to evaluate the "risk going forward.” 

A pre-sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place May 27.

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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3 responses

  1. Holly Ann Berger

    Josh Roberts is presently released with conditions, one of which is not to use electronic devices, yet, Friday April 10, 2015 he posted on his Facebook timeline.I guess the law doesn’t apply to him.

  2. Tracy Meadows Nickle

    thank you I had noooooo idea.

  3. Tracy Meadows Nickle

    what is the legal age in bc I thought it was 16?

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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