*Updated to reflect bail conditions in more detail.
A CTV Northern News reporter charged with child pornography offences has been released on bail with conditions, one of which is he is not to be in the company of children under 18 unsupervised.
Callam Senyk-O’Flanagan, known to television viewers as videojournalist Callam Rodya, has also been charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance, in addition to three counts of possession of child pornography, three counts of access to child pornography, and three counts of make available child pornography. His next court date has been set for March 20.
According to CBC News, at a court appearance yesterday in Sudbury, Senyk-O’Flanagan was freed from custody with the stipulations he does not attend any schools, playgrounds, parks, public beaches, arenas or daycares where children are present. Senyk-O’Flanagan is further prohibited from having access to electronic devices with the internet.
In October 2018, the Greater Sudbury Police Service Cyber Crime Unit says it identified a Greater Sudbury resident downloading child pornography using a file-sharing site between October 2018 and this month.
Senyk-O’Flanagan’s arrest came after a search warrant was executed at a Greater Sudbury residence Wednesday and evidence of child pornography was located on computers seized from the residence. Detectives also located a small baggy containing what is suspected to be cocaine inside the residence.
