Published July 3, 2024

FREDERIC SERRE
The 1019 Report

An intense investigation by the Sûreté du Québec into child-porn activities has resulted in serious charges laid against a Pincourt man – an individual police say was known to them for similar offences prior to this investigation.

Brian McGinnis, 51, appeared before a Quebec Court judge at the Valleyfield courthouse on May 23, mere hours after being arrested at his residence by SQ officers and investigators from the service’s child exploitation unit that hunts down online child sex offenders. McGinnis faces charges of possession of child pornography and intent to distribute child pornography.

According to the SQ, McGinnis is alleged to have had, in his possession, computer files containing images of children being sexually abused. In addition, he faces a charge of breaching the terms of his probation.

During the raid on McGinnis’s residence by the SQ, his computer was seized and the contents continue to be examined by the SQ and specialists from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s child sex crimes investigation unit.

McGinnis remains in custody until his next court date, which has yet been determined.

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