Man charged with luring child under 16 via Internet
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An Alberta man has been arrested in Halifax on Internet luring charges.
Forty-seven-year-old Richard MacLean was arrested without incident at about 2:20 p.m. on Sunday in a parking lot off Agricola Street in Halifax.
The arrest came after an investigation by the Integrated Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit.
MacLean was charged with luring a child under the age of 16 by computer for a sexual purpose. The ‘child under 16’ in the investigation was actually an undercover police officer.
MacLean, who allegedly committed the offence while in Nova Scotia, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on Monday.
HRM Partners in Policing remind parents about the importance of monitoring their children’s online computer activities.
