- 48-year-old man charged and will face court today
- Laptops and phones seized
- Strike Force Trawler detectives engaged a man online who believed he was talking to a 13 year old girl.
In December 2019 Strike Force Trawler detectives engaged in online conversations with a 48-year-old man from the Hunter, the man believed he was talking to a 13-year-old girl and engaged in sexual conversations telling them what sexual acts he would like to perform on a young girl.
After an extensive investigation into the man police swooped on the house in Williamtown yesterday arresting the man and executing a search warrant, phones and laptops were seized.
The man was taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station and charged with
- use carriage service to procure a person under 16 years for sex
- possess/control child abuse material using carriage service (x2).
The man was refused bail to appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court today