RCMP say a 60-year-old Nova Scotia man is facing over 40 charges in connection with an historical sexual assault investigation in Walton.
West Hants District RCMP received a report in January about an assault involving an individual who was a child at the time.
Police launched a months-long investigation and say they identified four more victims who had been sexually assaulted as young children.
The offences span a timeframe from 1984 to 1998.
James Michael Snow of Salmon River has been charged the following offences:
- Sexual Assault (12 counts)
- Invitation to Sexual Touching (8 counts)
- Sexual Interference (7 counts)
- Sexual Exploitation (3 counts)
- Gross Indecency (4 counts)
- Indecent Act (3 counts)
- Unlawful Confinement
- Overcoming Resistance to the Commission of an Indictable Offence
- Prostitution of a Person under Eighteen
Snow has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Windsor Provincial Court on July 13.
Investigators believe there could be more victims and ask anyone with information to contact West Hants District RCMP General Investigation Section at 902-798-2207.
Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers.
