Police are warning parents to monitor their children’s online activity and to take this opportunity to discuss the danger of online communication with strangers, after convicted sex offender, Aaron Craig, was arrested in Colwood on Monday.
The Victoria Police Department issued a statement last week, warning that Craig posed a significant risk of harm to young women and girls, and asked for the public’s help in locating Craig, 28, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for breaching the conditions of his bail.
The local detachment received a report from a citizen who had spotted Craig at roughly 10:40 a.m. on Monday, walking on a trail near Wishart Road in Colwood.
West Shore RCMP and a Victoria Police Department dog handler located and arrested Craig in a parking lot at the corner of Sooke and Ledsham roads in Colwood shortly after receiving the tip.
Craig has been convicted of the sexual interference of a person under 16 and of communicating via computer to lure a child under 16. He is currently facing charges and awaiting trial for 15 other offences.
