Ivan Styles of Agassiz was arrested on Wednesday (May 31) and has been charged with one count of child pornography possession. (Adam Louis/Observer)

Ivan Styles of Agassiz was arrested on Wednesday (May 31) and has been charged with one count of child pornography possession. (Adam Louis/Observer)

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Agassiz RCMP apprehended Ivan Styles on May 31 for alleged April 7 offence

An Agassiz man already on probation following a 2021 child pornography conviction is now facing another child porn charge.

Agassiz RCMP arrested Ivan Styles on Wednesday (May 31) on one count of possession of child pornography. Styles was apprehended at his Agassiz residence without incident.

He appeared in Abbotsford Law Courts on Thursday morning, facing charges from an incident that allegedly took place on April 7.

According to Agassiz RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Mike Sargent, Styles was living in Agassiz on probation following an October 2021 conviction of three counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of breach of undertaking or recognizance, both stemming from 2019. He was handed a nine-month conditional sentence order and four years on probation at that time.

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Sargent said Styles was arrested earlier this year for allegedly breaching court-ordered conditions. A subsequent investigation of Styles’ devices reportedly uncovered what police to believe child pornography, which led to the Wednesday morning arrest.

In the weeks prior to the May 31 arrest, anonymous community members distributed and posted a number of fliers across the community alerting residents of Styles’ presence in Agassiz.

“Anytime there are concerning individuals in the community, we are monitoring them,” Sargent told The Observer. “We are making sure they are not posing a risk. If they do, we take action.”


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