Australian Resident Arrested on Alleged Grooming Charge

Investigators from ACT Policing’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (SACAT) have arrested a 35-year-old man after a search warrant on his Richardson home today (September 12).

Police will allege the male made contact with a 15-year-old, Melbourne girl, whom he met in Canberra through family friends and groomed her for sex.

The man is alleged to have contacted the victim using social networking internet sites and via text messages.

During the search warrant police located two computers and other electronic storage devices which contained images alleged to be child pornography.

The man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today charged with using a carriage service to groom a person under 16 years of age and possession of child pornography.

Source: AFP

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