A man from British Columbia is being charged after a probe by three Ontario police services into alleged past sexual attacks on children.
Peel Regional Police put out a press release about the situation on Wednesday, indicating that officers from Peel, Halton Regional Police, and Waterloo Regional Police carried out a cross-jurisdictional investigation into incidents in the 1990s.
“The investigation, known as Project Woodland, was about past sexual assaults on children occurring from 1992 to 1995 in the involved services respective regions,” the release said.
On March 3, 64-year-old Richard Neil from British Columbia was arrested and charged with several offences including kidnapping, making death threats, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, and forcible confinement.
“There is a publication ban in place to protect the identity of the victims, and no additional information is being released at this time,” police said.
Neil was held for a bail hearing.
