RCMP arrest alleged Charlottetown child pornographer again on new charges
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A Prince Edward Island man accused of making child sex abuse material and sexually touching a person under 16 is in jail after police say he violated the terms of his release — allegedly by contacting young people he should not have been talking to.
Dylan Kurt Macdonald, 30, is already facing four charges in P.E.I. Supreme Court related to his child pornography case.
The Charlottetown man was arrested in February but later released with conditions so he could live in the community while his case made its way through the courts.
But on Friday, RCMP again arrested Macdonald and charged him with four counts of breaching his undertaking, along with a weapons charge.
Macdonald was in front of all three of the province's provincial court judges in back-to-back appearances on the new charges Monday.
He appeared virtually from the provincial jail and told judges Krista MacKay, Jeff Lantz and Nancy Orr that he didn't yet have a lawyer for these new allegations.
Documents filed in provincial court say Macdonald breached two of his release conditions on various days and in various places.
The first alleged breached condition was that he was not allowed to own a cellphone, computer or any electronic device capable of storing data, which is typical for people accused of crimes committed through the use of the internet.
The second was that he could not communicate with the alleged victim in his sexual interference case, or any other person under the age of 16.
RCMP's filings claim Macdonald broke that no-contact rule on June 4 in Alberton, June 19 in Mount Herbert and June 20 in Charlottetown.
The documents also cite June 20 as when Macdonald allegedly had the forbidden electronic device and a weapon — a collapsible baton. It's also the day he was arrested.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
"It's important that people under these types of conditions are held accountable for their actions," Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP's media relations officer, told CBC News on Tuesday.
"When serious offences like the originating ones are laid, and an individual is not following the rules, it's important that they are held accountable."
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