Dieppe man charged with possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material: N.B. RCMP
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A 75-year-old man from Dieppe, N.B., has been charged in connection with an investigation into child sexual abuse and exploitation material, according to an RCMP news release.
The New Brunswick RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit started investigating in October 2024 after launching a proactive investigation on a media sharing platform.
Police found a person in the Dieppe area had distributed child sexual abuse and exploitation material in October 2024 and February 2025.
Officers executed a search warrant at a property on Bahama Street in Dieppe on Dec. 11, 2025.
“Police seized several electronic devices as part of their investigation. A 75-year-old man was arrested at the scene and was later released on strict conditions pending a future court appearance,” reads the release.
Roger Auffrey appeared in Moncton provincial court on Monday. He was charged with possession of and making available child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
On Tuesday, Auffrey pleaded not guilty in court and a trial date was set for Feb. 15 to 17, 2027.
Police urge anyone with information that may assist the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers online or call 1-800-222-8477.
Mistrial called in case of former Edmonton police employee charged with teen sex abuse
Cetin's lawyer, Zachary Al-Khatib, said the turn of events was disappointing and that his client was looking forward to proving his innocence in court
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a former Edmonton police employee charged with sexually abusing a child after new evidence has “radically” changed the Crown’s theory of the case.
Yasin Cetin, a former community relations coordinator with EPS’s equity and inclusion branch, is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in late 2023 after meeting him on a social media site. He resigned from EPS in May 2024 and was charged in March 2025. Cetin, 33, had pleaded not guilty in Edmonton Court of King’s Bench Monday to child luring and sexual assault.
On Tuesday, Justice Kent Teskey declared a mistrial at the request of the prosecution. Teskey said allowing the trial to continue would “create more complexity,” due to the nature of new applications that may be required and the changing scope of the Crown’s case.
The trial took a dramatic turn on Monday afternoon when prosecutor David Gault told court he discovered a piece of evidence over the lunch break that could change the Crown’s theory of the case “radically.”
Gault had said earlier that the Crown’s case was focused on proving the identity of the man who abused the boy. The Crown’s evidence included a video the victim recorded during one of the sex acts, during which a man’s face is briefly visible, and a selfie of a man who resembles the accused, which was found on the teen’s laptop.
A statement of facts filed Monday, which the Crown has now backed away from, said the teenager, whose identity is covered by a publication ban, met the perpetrator on Scruff, a dating app. The conversation moved to Snapchat, where the man used the screen names qwerty3125 and BADlee.
Gault told the court on Tuesday that the Crown no longer believes the person behind these usernames was Cetin.
“I am particularly concerned about the timing of things,” Gault later added.
The statement of facts said on Dec. 3, 2023, the man picked the teen up near Russ Barnes arena and drove to a secluded area where they engaged in sex acts. The two continued to exchange intimate videos until May 2024. The following month, the teen told a group home staffer about his interactions with the man, which triggered the police investigation. Police examined the teen’s laptop, where they found several saved Snapchat conversations, as well as the selfie and the clip of the man’s face.
“My client has a full explanation for where he was on the night of the allegations, and he wanted to put that forward in court,” Al-Khatib said.
Al-Khatib said the case now has to go back to the drawing board. He said the Crown hasn’t abandoned the prosecution, but now must outline how it will proceed with a new trial.
Court heard proceedings for the new trial will begin next month.
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