(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit have charged two Dryden men following two separate four week on-line child pornography investigations.
On May 8, 2014 police from the OPP Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, the OPP Technical Crime Unit, Dryden OPP and the Dryden Police Service executed two search warrants at two separate Dryden residences.
As a result of the searches, police seized two computers, two cellular telephones and other items pertinent to the investigations.
The following two individuals were charged:
Garth RICE, age 50 years, of Dryden Ontario is charged with two counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
Corey PYYKKA, age 31 years is charged with one count of Making Child Pornography Available, two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of accessing child pornography.
Both of the accused were released from a bail hearing and are to appear on June 16, 2014 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Dryden Ontario.
The investigation is continuing.