More charges for man accused in child sex abuse investigation
Posted May 23, 2017 9:10 am.
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A 42-year-old man is facing even more charges in an ongoing child sex abuse investigation after more alleged victims came forward.
The news comes the same day The Canadian Centre for Child Protection reported that they’ve detected a spike in reports of online “sextortion” cases involving teen boys.
Najeeb Saad was first arrested in March, accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy and sending him nude photos over social media. He faced more charges in April, after a boy, who was 17 at the time of the alleged assaults, came forward.
Saad was arrested again on May 17 and faces 14 more charges.
Toronto police allege that in the fall of 2016, a 15-year-old boy met a man online. From then until February of this year, “the man lured the boy to meet for a sexual purpose, and sent the boy sexually explicit material.”
They also allegedly met at a hotel and engaged in sexual activity. The man allegedly sexually assaulted the boy in February of this year, police said.
Police are concerned there may be other victims.
Police said Saad uses the online profiles of “AJ S,” “AjSaad123,” “asaad942” on Grindr, Snapchat and Kik. He is known to drive a black Range Rover.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact 416-808-8500.
Reporting can also be made at Canada’s National Tipline for Reporting the Online Sexual Exploitation of Children at cybertip.ca.
