A 19-year-old Clarington male has been arrested after a child luring investigation. The accused operated under the username “stoymaso” on Discord.
In December 2024, members of the DRPS Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) began an investigation into an adult male communicating with a 13-year-old victim online. The male sent sexually explicit messages and shared sexually explicit material with the victim, police said.
On November 26, members from the DRPS ICE Unit executed a Criminal Code Search Warrant at the suspect’s residence in Bowmanville and arrested the suspect without incident. He was held for a bail hearing. Name and further details available at drps.ca.
The DRPS Internet Child Exploitation Unit would like to thank Homeland Security Criminal Investigations Toronto for their assistance with this investigation.
Anyone with information about this or similar incidents is asked to contact D/Cst.Tyrell of the Internet Child Exploitation Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5544.
Editor’s Note: Durham Post does not name the accused parties as:
1. Of this time, they are suspect[s] and not convicted by a court, and
2. Sometimes charges are amended or dropped.