Police charge man for child sexual abuse offenses

Police have charged a man for several child sexual abuse offences following a search of his residence this morning.

In January, investigators in the Integrated Internet Child Exploitation Unit received information that a man residing in Halifax may be accessing child sexual abuse material online. Investigators received authorization to search his residence on Tower Road this morning.

Owen Watson, 23, was arrested and appeared in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:

• possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• distribution of child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• making sexually explicit material available to a child

Anyone with information on child sexual abuse and exploitation is asked to file a report by calling police at 902-490-5020 or by using Cybertip, Canada's National Tip Line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children, at https://www.cybertip.ca.

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