Medicine Hat News

‘Canada Creep’ voyeurism suspect faces more charges

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CALGARY A Calgary man accused of filming women without their knowledge and posting their images to a Twitter account called “Canada Creep” is facing additional charges.

Jeffrey Robert Williamson, 42, was freed on bail on Thursday after being charged with three counts each of voyeurism and publicatio­n of voyeuristi­c recordings in relation to three alleged incidents.

But Calgary police say he was rearrested on Friday and charged Saturday with possession of child pornograph­y and accessing child pornograph­y.

Investigat­ors say they seized a number of electronic devices that contained multiple terabytes of data, including alleged child pornograph­y.

Police allege Williamson had been posting photos and videos — some shot up the skirts of unsuspecti­ng women — and say the investigat­ion is ongoing.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

Police said the investigat­ion began on June 12 after they were alerted to a Twitter account titled “Canada Creep” — believed to be based in Calgary — that was posting inappropri­ate photos and videos of women.

A possible suspect was identified through a public tip and other cyber-investigat­ive efforts and Williamson was arrested the next day and multiple electronic devices were seized, police said.

A search warrant was executed at a home that resulted in an additional seizure of computers, storage devices and other electronic­s, they said.

Investigat­ors said the data on the seized devices included hundreds of thousands of images and they are trying to identify alleged victims.

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