Salmon Arm man who disappeared with daughters facing more child sex charges

A Salmon Arm man who was arrested in February after he disappeared with his two teenage daughters is now facing more child sex charges.

Caleb Guy Gerbrandt has been charged with telecommunicating to lure a child under 16, and invitation to sexual touching of a child under 16.

Gerbrandt, born 1982, was scheduled to make his first court appearance today, May 24, on the new charges.

The offences are alleged to have taken place Jan. 24.

In February Gerbrandt made headlines when he disappeared with his two teenage daughters aged 13 and 14 years old. They went missing from Gerbrandt's Salmon Arm home Jan. 21.

His daughters were supposed to be staying with their grandparents.

On Feb. 9 the RCMP confirmed that Gerbrandt had been arrested in Ontario and his daughters were safe and sound.

Gerbrandt is also facing separate charges for sexual interference and sexual assault on a minor that is alleged to have taken place Jan. 13.

When Gerbrandt disappeared in January police said he was actively evading them and breached a court-imposed curfew that meant he had to be at his residence every night.

In B.C. Gerbrandt has a criminal record dating back to 2019 and has been convicted of break and enter and multiple breaches of probation.

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