Lucasville Man, 65, Charged With 3 Child Sexual Abuse Material Offences

A 65-year-old man from Lucasville, Nova Scotia, has been charged with three offences involving child sexual abuse and exploitation material after police searched his home on October 28, Halifax Regional Police said.

Police identified the accused as Bruce Muir, 65. He was arrested and appeared in Dartmouth provincial court on October 28.

The charges

According to police, Muir is charged with:

• Possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• Accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• Distribution of child sexual abuse and exploitation material

The charges have not been proven in court.

How the investigation began

Police said investigators with the integrated Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit received information in April that a man living in Lucasville may have been accessing child sexual abuse material online.

On October 28, investigators from the integrated ICE Unit, working with members of the Provincial ICE Unit and the Halifax Regional Police Digital Forensics Unit, searched the man's residence. Police said a number of electronic devices were seized and will undergo forensic analysis.

How to report

Halifax Regional Police are asking anyone with information about child sexual abuse and exploitation to file a report by calling police at 902-490-5020.

Reports can also be made through Cybertip, Canada's national tip line for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, at www.cybertip.ca.

The police file number is 26-58343.