globeandmail.com: Pickering man faces child porn charges

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.