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globeandmail.com: Pickering man faces child porn chargeshttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080806.PORN0...1 of 1 8/6/2008 7:40 AMCRIMEPickering man faces child porn chargesJAMIE KOMARNICKIAUGUST 6, 2008A Pickering man who once worked in security at a Toronto private school faces several child pornography charges after police seized hundreds ofcomputer files and videos from his home.Officers with the Durham police sexual assault unit and the Toronto Police Service searched the man's Pickering home on Friday. They seized 20 harddrives, including 10 computer towers. An initial review of one computer found hundreds of child pornography files, many of them videos.Police also found a video camera with images of a teenage girl in front of her home in south Pickering.Christopher Adam Grant, 46, has been charged with possession of child pornography and voye urism.Print Edition - Section FrontEnlarge ImageMore National Stories'Please kill me,' accused begs in court'We were duped,' Indo-Canadians say of PM's speechGroup for troubled youth gets additional fundsPlaywright welcomes messages of hateAboriginals urge public inquiryGo to the National sectionMr. Grant once worked for a private security firm, and was also once employed in the security department at Upper Canada College. Police say there isno initial indication he was involved in criminal activity while he worked at the school.© Copyright 2008 CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.globeandmail.com and The Globe and Mail are divisions of CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc., 444 Front St. W., Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2S9Phillip Crawley, Publisher

Pickering man arrested for child pornographyhttp://newsdurhamregion.com/printArticle/1043711 of 1 8/6/2008 7:40 AMPickering man arrested for child pornographyWed Aug 06, 2008PICKERING -- A 46-year-old Pickering man is charged with possessing child pornography.Durham Regional Police arrested the man for allegedly downloading a large amount of child pornography. Asearch warrant was executed at his Marinet Crescent home on Aug. 1.Police seized 20 hard drives, including 10 computer towers and loose hard drives varying in size. An initialreview of one computer discovered hundreds of child pornography files, many of them videos, policereported. A video camera was also found containing images of a teenage girl in front of her home in southPickering, taken from a distance.Investigators received information about the location of the computers through the Provincial Strategy onChild Exploitation.The accused has worked in the security field in the past and had access to young people, said police. He wasworking for a private security firm and assigned to the security department of Upper Canada College, aprivate school in Toronto. There is no initial indication he was involved in any criminal activity at thislocation.Investigators want to ensure there are no other victims.Christopher Adam Grant is charged with possession of child pornography, making child pornographyavailable and voyeurism. He was held for a bail hearing Friday and remanded into custody. He appearedagain on Tuesday, Aug. 5.Anyone with information about this ongoing investigation is requested to contact child exploitationinvestigator Detective Randy Norton at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5363. Anonymous information can be sent toDurham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.

CANOE -- CNEWS: - Man faces child porn chargeshttp://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/08/06/pf-6364456.html1 of 1 8/6/2008 7:54 AMAugust 6, 2008Man faces child porn chargesBy TAMARA CHERRY, SUN MEDIAA Pickering man accused of having an extensive child porn collection hadmourned the death of a son in recent years, according to a neighbour.Durham Regional Police were tipped off about a home on Marinet Cres., nearWhites Rd. and Bayly St., where officers from the Toronto Police ChildExploitation Section said child pornography was being downloaded and sharedover the Internet.After carrying out a search warrant at the home last Friday, police begancombing through 20 computer hard drives seized.A video camera was also found with footage "from a distance" of a teenage girl infront of her home in south Pickering, Durham Det. Randy Norton said yesterdaysaid.Christopher Adam Grant, 46, faces charges of child pornography and voyeurism.Grant, who worked security at Upper Canada College, a private midtown Torontoboys' school, lost his teen son to a medical condition, said a neighbour whoasked not to be identified.He lives with his wife and teen daughter, the neighbour said, and are a Christianfamily."This really, really surprises me," the neighbour said.