Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

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Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:38 am

An Ottawa OPP constable has been charged with one count of child luring.

An OPP statement issued Thursday states 31- year- old Michael Janho was off- duty at the time of the offense.

Police began the investigation after complaints launched by relatives of the victim.

The statement says the offense occurred between September 22, 2012 and December 3, 2012.

Janho, who has been posted at the Ottawa detachment, has been suspended with pay.

His next court appearence is set for July 9th.

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Re: Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:19 pm

OTTAWA — An Ottawa-based Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with child-luring.
After relatives of the victim complained to police in December 2012, the OPP launched an investigation into the alleged offence, which occurred between Sept. 22 through Dec. 3 of that year.

Const. Michael Janho, 31, was arrested and charged Wednesday. Janho was off-duty at the time of the offence, according to an OPP media release, and has been suspended from duty with pay as outlined in the Police Services Act.

Janho, a Kanata resident, has served five years with the OPP, and has been posted to the Ottawa detachment throughout that time.

Janho’s mother answered the phone at her Orléans home Thursday but said she could not discuss anything related to the charge.

In the same year he was accused of luring a child, Janho received a salary of $101,242.28 from the Ontario government, earning him a spot on the Sunshine List, the list of provincial public servants who earn more than $100,000.

He has no prior charges or convictions.

Jim Christie, president of the union that represents Ontario Provincial Police officers, said that like other citizens who are charged criminally, the matter will be decided by the courts.

“It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to make any comment on the situation that that person’s facing right now,” he said.

Any time a criminal charge is laid against an OPP member, an automatic parallel internal investigation by the OPP’s professional standards branch is triggered.

Janho was released on a promise to appear and officer-in-charge undertaking with conditions, and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa on July 9.

The OPP are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 1 (888) 310-1122.

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Re: Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:29 pm

Ontario Provincial Police have charged one of their own constables with child luring after a six-month investigation.

Ottawa OPP constable charged with child luring

Wednesday night arrest of officer, who lives in Kanata, comes after six-month investigation

The alleged incidents happened between September 22, 2012, and December 3, 2012, police said. The girl's family called police to complain in December 2012, and the investigation began.

Const. Michael Janho is facing one count of child luring.

He's been a member of the Ottawa detachment in Kanata for five years, police said.

He was arrested Wednesday night at the Kanata detachment while he was off duty, according to OPP spokeswoman Sgt. Kristine Rae.

The alleged luring happened "via telecommunications," Rae said, adding that it wasn't over the internet. Police can't get any more specific, Rae said.

Janho has been suspended from duty with pay pending the outcome of the criminal charge in court.

His next court appearance is scheduled for July 9.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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Re: Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:33 pm

Kanata OPP officer charged with Luring a Child

Ottawa - June 20, 2013 - On June 19, 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a Kanata man for an offence that occurred between September 22, 2012 through to December 3, 2012.

Officers launched an investigation in December 2012 upon receiving a complaint from relatives of the victim. As a result of the investigation, OPP officers have charged 31-year-old Constable Michael JANHO with Luring a Child contrary to Section 172.1 of the Criminal Code. He was off-duty at the time of the offence.

He was released on a Promise to Appear and Officer-in-Charge Undertaking with conditions. He is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice, Ottawa on July 9. 2013.

Janho has been suspended from duty with pay in accordance with the Police Services Act. He has been a member of the Ontario Provincial Police for 5 years posted to the Ottawa detachment.

If anyone has information about this incident, they are asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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Re: Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:41 am

OPP officer charged with child-luring makes mandated check-in at detachment

BY SHAAMINI YOGARETNAM, OTTAWA CITIZEN

OTTAWA — An Ottawa provincial police officer charged with luring a child made a scheduled check-in Friday at the Kanata detachment, where he has worked for the last five years.

Const. Michael Janho, 31, drove his grey 2004 Jaguar into the parking lot at the Ontario Provincial Police detachment at 973 Teron Rd. just before 9 a.m. As part of the conditions of his suspension, he is required to check in at the detachment every day.

A Citizen reporter and photographer waiting to seek comment from Janho were asked to leave the detachment’s property and stay behind a fence on the property line.

When Janho arrived he drove beyond the visitors’ section into the restricted parking area of the detachment, specifically used by on-duty officers, and used a back door to make his mandated check-in.

Janho was in the detachment for no more than a few minutes before getting back into his car and driving off without responding to a request for comment.

Janho was arrested and charged at the same detachment Wednesday with luring a child. Police said that the alleged offence occurred between Sept. 22 through to Dec. 3 of last year.

Police said they launched an investigation in December after the female victim’s family filed a complaint.

OPP spokeswoman Sgt. Kristine Rae said she could not comment on what led the family members to file the complaint.

Six months later, Janho was charged under section 172.1 of the Criminal Code.

That section states that luring a child refers to using a means of “telecommunications” to communicate with an underage person. Subsections detail different offences depending on the age of the victim — either under 18, under 16 or under 14. Police have not disclosed which subsection Janho has been charged under. Rae said the method of communication was not the Internet, but would not elaborate.

Police said Janho was off-duty at the time of the alleged offence and was released on a promise to appear and officer-in-charge undertaking with conditions.

Janho has been suspended from duty with pay as set out in the Police Services Act. Police union president Jim Christie told the Citizen Thursday he could not comment on the charge while the matter is before the courts, but said that an internal charge and investigation would have been automatically triggered with the laying of a criminal charge.

The OPP professional standards bureau, which investigates police misconduct, could not immediately speak to the Citizen.

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Re: Ottawa OPP officer charged with child luring

Postby Thomas » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:43 am

An Ottawa-based Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with child-luring. After relatives of the victim complained to police in December 2012, the OPP launched an investigation into the alleged offence, which occurred between Sept. 22 through Dec. 3 of that year.

Const. Michael Janho, 31, was arrested and charged Wednesday. Janho was off-duty at the time of the offence, according to an OPP media release, and has been suspended from duty with pay as outlined in the Police Services Act.

Janho has served five years with the OPP, posted to the Ottawa detachment throughout that time. Janho was released on a promise to appear, and will appear in court on July 9.

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