RCMP arrest Olds resident for child pornography offences
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Following an investigation that started in late May, Olds RCMP and ICE executed a search warrant at a residence in Olds on June 3 around 9:30 a.m.
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As a result, 48-year-old Charles Landon was arrested and charged with four Criminal Code offences relating to child pornography, including its transmission and distribution, its possession, its access and its publishing.
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Landon was freed on a release order with a list of conditions after a bail hearing. He is scheduled to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in Didsbury on July 7, 2025.
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Detachment commander of the Olds RCMP, Sgt. Jamie Day, said that Mounties remains fully committed to building safer communities by working alongside the community, and through investigative and enforcement efforts.
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Besancon described the conditions in the facility, based on emails from Shaw. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's comparable to jail,' she said. Shaw and her son share a bedroom with five other families and are locked in from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. They cannot wear their own clothes, have very limited contact with the outside world, and 'don't even have underwear.' Shaw and Isaac are the only English speakers in the facility besides the staff. 'Sarah has really been struggling with her anxiety. She's been trying to stay positive for her son, but it's been incredibly difficult for them,' Besancon added. New Zealand mother Sarah Shaw, 33, and her six-year-old son Isaac remain detained in the U.S. after a brief stop in Vancouver to see off her eldest children. 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