A 52-year-old Surrey man has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse and exploitation material by mail after a multi-jurisdictional investigation by the BC RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit.
The charges come after BC ICE investigation received information from Mission RCMP regarding a suspect who had allegedly sent such material by mail, who was believed to be in British Columbia in March of last year, a BC RCMP release said.
Through the course of the investigation, the BC ICE investigators identified a male suspect who resided in the Surrey area, and on Wednesday (Feb. 18), the BC ICE unit — with the assistance of the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team, Integrated Sexual Predator Observation Team, Ridge Meadows RCMP and the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit — arrested a man in Maple Ridge and executed a search warrant at a residence in Surrey.
Jason Victor Horn (previously known as Jason Hornischfeger) was charged with one count of distribution of child sexual abuse and exploitation material, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
Following his arrest, Horn was remanded into custody, the release noted.
The investigation remains ongoing; anyone with information about Jason Horn (formerly Hornischfeger) relating to this investigation, is asked to contact their local police.