Peterborough County OPP and Peterborough Police have arrested eight people in connection to a child sexual exploitation investigation.
The investigation, named Project Peacehaven, addressed concerns over how social media apps are used by those who are looking to sexually abuse children over a three day period.
Charge are:
21-year-old Leonard Razon of Scarborough,
36-year-old Steven MacDonald of Delta,
36-year-old Jordan Cobb of Simcoe,
38-year-old Nathan Johnson of Omemee,
40-year-old Joshua Burgoyne of Courtice,
49-year-old Chris Parish of Selwyn,
52-year-old Danny Depew of Abbotsford,
and 55-year-old William Bell of Shannonville.
The eight suspects are facing a combined 36 charges, including luring, making sexually explicit material available to a child and possession of child pornography.
Police say six of the eight suspects were arrested when they arrived to meet up with what they thought was a child, including one that drove nearly 300 kilometres. Peterborough Police has also released a video regarding the investigation, which you can find here.
