New Brunswick’s police oversight agency has laid seven more charges against an RCMP officer who was charged in June 2024 with arranging a sex crime against a minor under 16.
At the time, RCMP Cpl. Jeremy Bastarache was suspended with pay.
The independent Serious Incident Response Team issued a statement Friday saying Bastarache is now facing more Criminal Code offences related to other sex crimes.
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The additional charges were laid following an investigation by the RCMP’s child exploitation unit and its digital forensic services.
The new charges include another count of arranging a sexual offence against a child under 16, arranging a sexual offence against a child under 18, possession of child pornography, making child pornography, and recruiting a person under 18 to provide sexual services for money.
As well, Bastarache has been charged with communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18 years, and trafficking a person under 18.
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