Police are asking area residents who may have information about an ongoing child sexual exploitation case involving a man with connections to Didsbury to contact them.
Stuart Peter Hunt, 54, has been charged with multiple child exploitation offences.
He was arrested at his Red Deer home on Jan. 17, where police seized a number of electronic devices.
The ALERT Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) investigation into Hunt's alleged offences originated with online child pornography crime.
"Sexual exploitation offences committed against child victims have been uncovered," said Sgt. Kirt Murray, with the ICE unit.
"Several victims, who were known to the accused, have been identified thus far, but ICE believes there could be more. The alleged offences could conceivably date back over the past 20 years."
The investigation began in January 2017 when the RCMP's National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre was notified about a social media user allegedly uploading child pornography, he said.
Murray told the Gazette that Hunt is believed to have connections to the area.
"We are looking for victims that he may have had contact with to come forward if they would like to talk about anything that has happened," Murray said Monday.
"He lived in Oyen, and he has connections to Didsbury, Three Hills, Sylvan Lake and Red Deer."
Hunt faces numerous charges: possessing child pornography, accessing child pornography, distributing child pornography, making child pornography, sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
He has been released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 16.
Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to contact Sgt. Kirt Murray at 403-581-1090 or submit information anonymously at cybertip.ca.
