A mid North Coast man charged by Hawkesbury police after they allegedly found sexually explicit images of young females on a mobile phone is due to appear in court charged with breaching his bail conditions.
Detectives from Hawkesbury Police Area Command executed a search warrant and seized a mobile phone on June 15, which police allege contained thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of young females.
Police will allege in court a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted after the man began online relationships with teenage girls and began sending private messages.
A 24-year-old man from Taree West was arrested and charged with several offences including using a carriage service to solicit child pornography, possessing child abuse material, threatening to distribute an intimate image without consent, and aggravated sex assault on a victim under the age of 16 years.
The man was granted conditional bail June 18 by Taree Local Court.
About 9.15am today (June 27), detectives from Manning Great Lakes Police District attended a home in Tinonee, near Taree, and spoke with the man. He was again arrested and taken to Taree Police Station.
The man was charged with breach of bail and was due to appear at Taree Local Court today.
Investigations into these matters continue.
Police have issued the following tips to young people when using social media or the internet:
• Do not send a picture of yourself to anyone you don't know and never place a full profile and picture anywhere on the internet.
• Never give out your personal information, including full name, home address, phone number or school, over the internet.
• Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone that you have only ever chatted with on the internet.
• Tell your parents or another adult you know of any contact that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• Think carefully before uploading or sending images or videos to people over the internet. Once you press ‘send’ it’s definite and final – you can’t get it back or take it down.
