Edmonton Journal

B.C. truck driver charged with sexual offences has Alberta ties

- JURIS GRANEY jgraney@postmedia.com twitter.com/jurisgrane­y

A British Columbia truck driver arrested earlier this week for alleged historical sexual offences involving a young girl had truck routes through Alberta, say police, urging any other complainan­ts to come forward.

Kevin Alexander Roberts was arrested Monday by Vancouver police in connection with offences believed to be committed in Vancouver and Prince George.

The 46-year-old truck driver had routes that stretched into Alberta and he also worked as a school bus driver in the Prince George area.

He’s known to have a transient lifestyle, added police.

His employment history includes working as a mover.

Roberts is charged with sexual assault, sexual interferen­ce, sexual assault with a weapon, invitation to sexual touching, assault, and assault causing bodily harm.

“These types of crimes are extremely traumatic and survivors live with the lifelong impact,” Vancouver police Sgt. Jason Robillard said.

“We are providing this informatio­n and a photo of the suspect, with hopes that we will uncover more informatio­n and help prevent this from happening to someone else.”

Police believe there are additional complainan­ts who would have been between the ages of four and 18 at the time.

Anyone with more informatio­n is asked to call the Vancouver police’s sex crimes unit at 604-7170600 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

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