Luring children on the internet: police are searching for possible victims of a 23 year old male

News 29 March, 2018
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    William Arabian

    Maxime Deland

    Thursday, march 29, 2018 14:43

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    MONTREAL – The recent arrests of a man of 23 years which would have lured teenage girls on the internet in order to have sexual contact with them to believe the investigators from the SPVM that the suspect may have other victims.

    William Arabian has been arrested in Montreal on march 13. He appeared the next day under charges of child luring, invitation to sexual touching, and to have sent sexually explicit material to a child. It was released under several conditions.

    According to the authorities, Arabian came into contact with at least two teenage girls of 15 years on the internet, including on Facebook and Instagram.

    “William Arabian approached his victims on the various internet platforms and asked them to meet him in the toilets of a restaurant located in the neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges. The suspect was using the cell phone number 514 501-1946 in order to communicate with his victims,” said POLICE in a press release.

    The police request anyone who may have been a victim of this individual to go to the police station of his area or communicate with the 911 to file a formal complaint.