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Sexual Exploitation
Penticton RCMP alarmed by increase in online exploitation of children
Penticton RCMP have issued a warning about an increase in the number of young people…
‘Not a Hallmark Channel love story:’ West Kelowna teacher being sentenced for sexually exploiting student
The student West Kelowna teacher Bradley Furman sexually exploited was initially groomed over texts and…
West Kelowna teacher charged with sexual exploitation awaiting sentence
A former West Kelowna high school teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a…
Summerland pizza shop manager gets six months for sexual exploitation
PENTICTON - A Summerland man who pled guilty to sexual exploitation was sentenced in Penticton Court yesterday, Sept.30. Pizza shop manager Josh Roberts received six months in jail and two years probation for sexual exploitation. Roberts, 35, was charged after participating in a sexual relationship with a former female employee who was 16-years-old at the...
Manager of Summerland pizza shop looking at jail for relationship with teen employee
PENTICTON - A 35-year-old Summerland man who conducted a secret relationship with a 16-year-old girl could face three months or more in jail. Josh Roberts is expected to find out his fate today, Sept. 21 after entering a guilty plea in Penticton Provincial Court for sexual exploitation for his part in the relationship. Judge Gregory...
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...