Welland man faces child luring, sexual assault charges

A 64-year-old Welland man faces four criminal charges in connection to a child-uring incident in Collingwood.

The Collingwood and Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says that last Decembrer, it opened an investigation into allegations that the accused started communicating with a youth in Collingwood over a social media platform. He subsequently travelled to Collingwood for a sexual purpose.

As a result of the investigation, Daniel Martin has been charged with the following offences.

• Child luring
• Obtaining sexual services for consideration from a person under 18 years of age
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual interference

None of the alllegations have been proven in court. Martin has a court date in Collingwood on July 5.

In a release, the OPP said this illustrates that parents need to “remind (their) children of the dangers of communicating with people they don’t know while they are online and monitor their social media activities.”