Calgary Herald

Trucker charged with historical sex offences has ties to Alberta

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

EDMONTON 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 life-long 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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