-UPDATE #1- CHARGES LAID IN CHILD LURING INVESTIGATION

Additional Charges Laid

(HURON COUNTY, ON) - The Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit has charged a Cambridge Ontario resident with additional criminal offences as part of an ongoing child luring investigation that commenced in March 2024. 

The Huron County OPP commenced an investigation in March of 2024, following a report of an individual communicating with a victim under the age of 13 using a social media site.

As a result of the initial investigation, police identified the suspect who was subsequently arrested and charged with a total of six criminal offences as follows:

George DANAYAN, then 27 years-of-age from Cambridge was charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Make Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under 18 years of age, - Make Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under 16 years of age, - Luring a Person Under 18 years of age by means of Telecommunication, - Luring a Person Under 16 years of age by means of Telecommunication, - Invitation to Sexual Touching under 16 years of age, - Possession of Child Pornography

The accused was held for a bail hearing and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich. 

This investigation has been ongoing, and additional charges have been laid as a result of newly revealed evidence, and the identification of additional victims in Ontario with whom the accused allegedly communicated via social media.

The accused, now 28 years-of-age, has been charged with the following 21 additional offences:

• Make Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under 18 years of age (two counts), - Make Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Person Under 16 years of age (two counts), - Luring a Person Under 18 years of age by means of Telecommunication (two counts), - Luring a Person Under 16 years of age by means of Telecommunication (two counts), - Invitation to Sexual Touching under 16 years of age (two counts), - Possession of Child Pornography (two counts), - Imports, Distributes, Sells, or Possesses for the Purpose of Distribution of Sale any Child Pornography, - Makes, Prints, Publishes or Possess for the Purpose of Publication any Child Pornography, - Voyeurism, - Sexual Assault on a Person Under 16 years of age (three counts), - Sexual Interference (three counts)

The accused was held for a bail hearing and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich. 

This investigation is ongoing, and investigators suspect there may be other incidents involving the accused. Alias usernames utilized by the accused include “Jason”, “Stintam”, “Stalkham”, “Jason Stintam”, and “Jason Stalkham”.

• Bitmoji (animated facial rendering) images utilized by the suspect have been included in this media release