Thirty-three-year-old Guy Gerard Rouzes Jr. of Cape St. George was arrested by the RCMP-RNC Integrated Internet Child Exploitation (IICE) Unit on May 8, in relation to charges of online child exploitation offences.  

Last Thursday, as part of an ongoing investigation, police went to the Cape St. George home with a warrant to search the property, obtained under the Criminal Code. Rouzes was arrested without incident and a number of electronic items were seized. 

Rouzes is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Possession of child pornography
• Transmitting child pornography
• Accessing child pornography

Rouzes was released on conditions designed to protect the general public. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Stephenville on Aug. 8.