Alleged breach leads to more child porn charges against Saskatoon man

Police have laid six more charges against a Saskatoon man accused of sexual assault and making child pornography.

Russell Dennis Wolfe, 56, now faces 50 charges related to child pornography involving 14 victims.

Wolfe was released on house arrest in February 2015 on strict conditions that included not using any electronic devices to connect to the Internet. He was arrested nine months later for breaching that condition.

As a result, police searched his home and found evidence of child pornography involving a previously-unknown boy who was allegedly abused between 2005 and 2008. RCMP say they also found new evidence pertaining to the victims who were already identified.

On Wednesday, Wolfe was charged with two more counts of making child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography, one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference.

He will remain in custody until his preliminary hearing on Jan. 25.

Wolfe was initially charged in June 2014 after investigators allegedly found child pornography during a search of his home. Wolfe was one of 11 Saskatchewan men who were arrested following a four-month investigation called Project SNAPSHOT III.

Police eventually identified 13 female victims between nine and 18 years old.

“We can’t get into a lot of the details of the evidence but we believe it is Mr. Wolfe in these images and videos with these young girls,” Staff Sgt. Ron Weir told News Talk Radio last year.
 
Weir said they believe some of the videos and images were made eight or nine years ago.

Police confirm Wolfe used to live in both the Riversdale and Pleasant Hill neighbourhoods. His current home in Saskatoon is located right across from King George Elementary School.