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49-year-old St. Catharines man faces child luring charges, police say
A 49-year-old man has been arrested, Niagara police said, and is facing child pornography charges following an investigation that began by what police say was a "third party group."
Niagara Regional Police Service said in a news release on Thursday the man, Darren R. Fox, is facing four charges: making child pornography, making explicit material available to a child, luring a child to facilitate sexual interference and luring a child to "facilitate invitation to sexual touching."
Police say that on Aug. 9, officers in St. Catharines responded to an "indecent act call for service."
"The initial investigation determined that a third-party group using online decoy tactics had identified what they believed to be a child predator," said police in a news release. "The group confronted the individual at his residence before contacting police to turn over their evidence."
The Niagara police's Internet Child Exploitation unit is investigating and said they believe there are more victims.
Fox, who remains in custody, also went by the alias "Brett Donovan," police say, and are encouraging anyone with information to contact detectives at (905) 688-4111, dial option 3, ext. 1009128 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
