Calgary resident Bernard Hyde, 76, was charged by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Internet Child Exploitation (ALERT ICE) unit with various offences. .“This is one of the most egregious offenders the ICE unit has ever investigated,” said ALERT ICE Staff Sgt. Dominic Mayhew in a Thursday press release. .“With over one million child sexual exploitation materials identified, there doesn’t appear to be any propensity for stopping, and past arrests do not appear to have provided any reasonable deterrence.” .The release said Hyde was arrested by ICE on September 1, and he was charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. It said he faces breach charges stemming from previous investigations. .Hyde had been charged for similar offences in 2013 and 2021. ICE’s forensic examination of his devices in 2021 found more than one million photos and videos of child sexual abuse, with some of them involving scenes with babies. .At the time of his most recent arrest, Hyde was subjected to a release requirement and a long-term supervision order, with conditions prohibiting him from possessing a computer with internet access. .The release said Hyde was arrested after he was allegedly seen using a computer and internet connection of a local unsuspecting business. It said ICE arrested him and seized laptop computers and other data storage devices from his Calgary apartment..He remains in custody..This arrest happened after a joint operation between the RCMP and New Zealand’s Digital Child Exploitation Team led to 47 Canadians being arrested for online child exploitation and 12 children being released from abusive settings in March..READ MORE: Dozens of Canadians arrested in global child pornography investigation.Operation H was launched out of New Zealand in 2019. .After Operation H’s conception, the team was alerted by an electronic service provider which had discovered a large number of subscribers sharing what is described as “some of the most graphic and violent child sexual abuse material online.”
Calgary resident Bernard Hyde, 76, was charged by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Internet Child Exploitation (ALERT ICE) unit with various offences. .“This is one of the most egregious offenders the ICE unit has ever investigated,” said ALERT ICE Staff Sgt. Dominic Mayhew in a Thursday press release. .“With over one million child sexual exploitation materials identified, there doesn’t appear to be any propensity for stopping, and past arrests do not appear to have provided any reasonable deterrence.” .The release said Hyde was arrested by ICE on September 1, and he was charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. It said he faces breach charges stemming from previous investigations. .Hyde had been charged for similar offences in 2013 and 2021. ICE’s forensic examination of his devices in 2021 found more than one million photos and videos of child sexual abuse, with some of them involving scenes with babies. .At the time of his most recent arrest, Hyde was subjected to a release requirement and a long-term supervision order, with conditions prohibiting him from possessing a computer with internet access. .The release said Hyde was arrested after he was allegedly seen using a computer and internet connection of a local unsuspecting business. It said ICE arrested him and seized laptop computers and other data storage devices from his Calgary apartment..He remains in custody..This arrest happened after a joint operation between the RCMP and New Zealand’s Digital Child Exploitation Team led to 47 Canadians being arrested for online child exploitation and 12 children being released from abusive settings in March..READ MORE: Dozens of Canadians arrested in global child pornography investigation.Operation H was launched out of New Zealand in 2019. .After Operation H’s conception, the team was alerted by an electronic service provider which had discovered a large number of subscribers sharing what is described as “some of the most graphic and violent child sexual abuse material online.”
