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Police ask for public assistance after another report of possible child-luring in Armstrong
ARMSTRONG – Police are investigating a possible child-luring incident in Armstrong following several similar incidents…
Possible child luring incident reported in Kelowna
KELOWNA – RCMP say a woman may have tried to lure a nine-year-old boy into…
Kamloops girl shuts down suspect who tried to lure her
KAMLOOPS – Police in Kamloops are looking for a man who allegedly tried to lure…
Vernon teen and dad share words of warning after ‘creepy’ Facebook friend request
VERNON - The name on the Facebook friend request was an unfamiliar one, and this particular Vernon teen might have ignored it, except for the mutual friend they had in common. A tap on her cell phone and just like that, they became friends. It wasn’t until she got home and checked her messages that...
NEWSMAKERS 2014: Child porn, luring cases in court
THIS WEEK, INFONEWS.CA IS COUNTING DOWN THE TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR. TODAY: NUMBER FOUR VERNON - A growing number of child pornography and online luring cases are passing through Canadian courts, and Vernon is no exception. In 2014, three men — a Seattle private school ski coach, a former cop and a Vernon...
Osoyoos man charged with child luring
OSOYOOS – An Osoyoos man facing charges for communicating on the Internet with a child for sex, is out on bail. RCMP say Shaun David Randall, 29, was arrested on Nov. 27, 2014; three days after the police received a tip about the alleged crimes. Randall appeared in court on Monday charged with communication via...
What a Vernon sex offender learned from his last conviction
CROWN WANTS CHILD LURER TO SPEND 6-7 YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER GUILTY PLEA VERNON - Planned and predatory are the words Crown counsel used to describe the actions of a man who lured Okanagan girls over the Internet and asked them for nude photographs. David Clayton Willerth, born in 1974, pleaded guilty to 18 of...
Vernon man facing luring, child porn charges to be sentenced
VERNON - A Vernon man facing luring and child pornography charges will be sentenced this week. David Clayton Willerth, born in 1974, is charged with 25 counts, including luring children under 16 by computer, making or publishing child pornography, and invitation to sexual touching of a person under 16. Willerth’s lawyer, David Johnson, appeared in...
Vernon man expected to plead guilty to luring, child porn charges
VERNON - A Vernon man was scheduled to enter intended guilty pleas Monday in Vernon Supreme Court on various child pornography related charges, but that won’t happen for another few weeks. David Clayton Willerth, born in 1974, faces 25 counts, including luring children under 16 over the computer, making or publishing child pornography and invitation...
Man accused of online luring, child pornography will stand trial
VERNON - A Vernon man accused of possessing child pornography and luring children has been ordered to stand trial. David Willerth, born in 1974, faces 25 charges including making or publishing child pornography, communicating via computer to to lure children under 16, and invitation to sexual touching. After a five-hour preliminary inquiry June 19, the...
West Kelowna business owner charged with child porn
WEST KELOWNA – A West Kelowna business owner has been charged with child luring and child pornography after he alleged communicated with a member of the RCMP pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. Tyler James Nowek, 29, co-owns Ultimate Hockey & Skate in West Kelowna. According to a report by Global Okanagan, RCMP executed a...