East End man charged with child pornography

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 5, 2024 2:45 PM

(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) has arrested and charged an Ottawa man following a joint investigation with Homeland Security Investigations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police National Child Exploitation Crime Centre (RCMP NCECC) and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) that began in 2022.

Yesterday, the ICE unit, with the assistance of the Forensic Identification Section, the Digital Forensics Section and the East Neighbourhood Resource Team, executed an arrest warrant at a residence in Ottawa’s east end, where the man was arrested.

Brent MCMULLEN, 57, of Ottawa, is charged with:

• Make child pornography
• Create written child pornography
• Unlawful possession of child pornography
• Access to child pornography
• Sexual interference
• Telecommunications agreement to commit a specific offence with another person under the age of 18

He appeared in court yesterday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5660. Tips can also be sent electronically to [email protected]

Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.

For more information about how to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, visit www.protectchildren.ca.