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Fort Smith man charged with child pornography offences

Arthur C. Green
By Arthur C. Green

As a result of an investigation by the NT RCMP Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), Marcus Bourke, a 22-year old-man from Fort Smith, has been charged with child pornography offences.

On September 17,  the ICE Unit, with the assistance of G Division Major Crime Unit, Fort Smith RCMP and Saskatchewan Digital Forensics Unit, executed a search warrant for electronic devices at a residence.

The suspect, Marcus Bourke, was arrested on scene without incident. He has since been released on strict conditions.

He has been charged with:

  • Two counts of Luring.
  • Two counts Possession of Child Pornography.

Marcus Bourke is scheduled to appear before the court on January 20, 2020.

The NT ICE Unit encourages anybody interested in learning about important topics such as online child exploitation, cyberbullying and internet safety to visit Cybertip.ca and ProtectKidsOnline.ca.

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Arthur C. Green
Arthur C. Green
Arthur C. Green is from Whitbourne Newfoundland and graduated from the CNA Journalism Program. Arthur also studied Business Marketing and Political Science at Memorial University in Essex England and St. John's Newfoundland. Green has worked as a spot news photographer/journalist with such news organizations as CBC, CBC Radio, NTV, Saltwire and Postmedia in Alberta.

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