Yorkton man accused of luring child through social media

A Yorkton man was arrested Thursday and charged with luring a child through a social media app.

After Saskatchewan’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit investigated activity on a popular social media platform, police executed a search warrant at a Yorkton home.

Officers seized several electronic devices and arrested Mitchell Paul Carpenter, a 26-year-old Yorkton resident.

Carpenter, police said, was released with “numerous conditions” after appearing before a justice of the peace.

Luring a child is a criminal offence in Canada, and carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.

Saskatchewan’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit is made up of officers from Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert, and the RCMP.