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Langford man facing 10 charges in Sooke harassment investigation
A West Shore RCMP vehicle is seen in Sooke in this file photo. (CTV Vancouver Island)
A Langford man is facing 10 charges after a Sooke RCMP investigation into criminal harassment and indecent communications.
Online court records show Cole Jeffrey Petrie facing five counts of criminal harassment and five counts of making indecent communications. The offence dates are March 19, April 10, April 27, April 29 and June 2 of this year. All of the offences allegedly occurred in Sooke.
Sooke RCMP said in a statement Friday that it had arrested Petrie after executing a search warrant at a home in Langford earlier this week.
The 30-year-old was taken into custody at the home on Humpback Road without incident, police said.
The search warrant was part of an investigation that began with a report about 'historic harassment via phone calls and over social media, including indecent communications from an individual over a period of several years,' according to the RCMP statement.
'Through the course of the investigation, police identified other female victims,' the statement reads.
Mounties said the charges against Petrie involved four separate investigations with four different alleged victims.
'Investigators are seeking any other potential victims who may have been targeted by this individual,' said Cpl. Alex Bérubé, spokesperson for the B.C. RCMP, in the statement.
Anyone with information to share is asked to contact Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241, police said.
According to court records, Petrie is not in custody. He appeared in Nanaimo provincial court on Thursday and is scheduled to make his next appearance at Western Communities provincial court on July 10.
