A man previously convicted of human trafficking of children is living at an Ontario centre offering services for children with autism, police say, prompting a community safety advisory.
Ontario Provincial Police issued the advisory Monday, warning of a sex offender living in Essa Township, which is near Barrie.
Lauriston Charles Maloney, 42, “resides at, and has regular access to” the Beating the Odds centre, which offers services for children with autism, police said.
“Maloney is a convicted sex offender with several prior convictions, which include human trafficking of children,” the advisory read.
OPP Sgt. Jason Folz told Global News Maloney faced charges in Peel Region and was convicted in 2004 and 2013.
“It’s a total of 16 criminal charges related to human trafficking and trafficking of minor age children, which has put him on the sex offender registry,” Folz said.
Folz said the location where Beating the Odds is operated out of is a residence.
Maloney is not under any conditions relating to associating with young children, Folz said, which “upped the ante” in releasing the advisory.
Folz noted that the convictions are not in relation to the Beating the Odds facility.
The OPP said they were releasing the information as a precautionary measure.
FULL STORY: https://globalnews.ca/news/9837508/man-convicted-human-trafficking-living-ontario-childrens-centre/
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