Man faces sex charge in alleged child luring incident
CBC News
Posted: Sep 7, 2012 10:59 AM AT
Last Updated: Sep 7, 2012 7:13 PM AT
Investigators with the Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Integrated Major Crime Unit say a man they arrested on Friday is facing charges in connection with an alleged case of child luring at a supermarket.
A 19-year-old Lower Sackville man is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court on Monday to face charges of abduction of a person under 14 and sexual assault.
The police said it appears a man approached a four-year-old boy and took him into the bathroom at the Atlantic Superstore on Joseph Howe Drive on Wednesday.
A 19-year-old Lower Sackville man is scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face charges of abduction and sexual assault. (Halifax Regional Police)Staff at the Superstore manned the doors and made announcements after the child's mother noticed he was gone. According to police, the suspect then walked out of the washroom with the boy, but when he got downstairs he left the boy behind and walked out of the store.
The police released a photo of a man on Thursday and asked the public for tips.
The police said they made an arrest around 9:30 Friday morning without incident.
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