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Child Porn Charge Laid Against City Man

A former early childhood educator is again in trouble with the law in connection to child pornography.

Police say 37 year old Mark Phillip Lehtonen of Thunder Bay is charged with possession of child pornography and disobeying a court order in relation to children.

They report the investigation began back in January when they received ” information about suspicious online posts by a local Internet user.”

It culminated with a raid on Tuesday at a Rupert Street address which revealed evidence of files consistent with child pornography.

A report indicates Lehtonen was convicted of child porn and extortion charges in 2015.

  • Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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