Man guilty of luring teens over Internet:
25-year-old Joshua Innes of Montreal pleaded guilty to charges of luring a child under 18 on the Internet, extortion, and distributing child pornography.
Court heard in an agreed statement of facts that Innes posed as a 16-year-old girl named Nicky from Calgary on the popular social networking site Nexopia.
Innes began exchanging messages with the Edmonton girl, complimenting her and eventually turned the topic toward sex.
He sent her a video that showed a teenage girl performing a sex act which the victim believed was Nicky.
After persistent coaxing, the girl took off her clothes and performed sexual acts in front of her web camera, which Innes recorded in Montreal on his computer.
About a week later, “Nicky” asked the girl what was the worst thing she’s ever done. She said she once talked about a friend behind her back and asked Nicky the same question. He replied, “I pretended to be a 16-year-old girl on the Internet.”
Innes then demanded she perform more sex acts for the webcam or he would upload the video on the web and send it to people listed as friends on her Nexopia profile.
The victim told a friend who alerted her parents, who called police.
When an Edmonton police officer, Det. Randy Wickens, posed online as the victim, Innes aggressively demanded the girl perform again or he would send out the video.
Innes was arrested in his home, where he lived with his parents.
Sentencing will take place in August.