A 24-year-old Edmonton man has been charged in connection to two sexual assaults involving teen girls he connected with using the messaging app Snapchat. The suspect began using the app to communicate with teen girls beginning in March, posting messages using the names Jamie Dole and Caramel Thunder, Edmonton police said in a news release Friday. Police allege that the suspect met a 14-year-old girl on Snapchat on Aug. 9, then arranged to pick her up near her home. He took her to his west Edmonton home where he sexually assaulted her, police said. Aaron Renee Prasad Pal faces 11 charges including luring a child under 16, sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual assault with a weapon, invitation to sexual touching, uttering threats and unlawful confinement.

Source: CBC News October 09, 2020 21:37 UTC