{"id":495338,"date":"2026-02-21T20:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495338\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:21:14","slug":"21-year-old-reportable-offender-charged-with-child-grooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495338\/","title":{"rendered":"21-year-old reportable offender charged with child grooming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year-old \u201creportable offender\u201d from the state\u2019s north-west has been charged with multiple serious offences including child exploitation and grooming.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested by specialist detectives from the Community Protection Offender Registry Compliance Team following an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He faces eight charges including possession of child exploitation material, possession of bestiality material, two counts of grooming with intent to procure a child for sexual abuse, two indecent acts directed at a young person and four counts of failing to comply with reporting obligations.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was remanded in custody and will appear in Devonport Magistrates Court on June 15.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania Police said the case demonstrates the ongoing threat of online child abuse.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Police arrested the 21-year-old registered sex offender from Tasmania\u2019s north-west. Image \/ Pulse (File)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9e2f2b49-c7fxl46tc42co53_hcctw_l7tbv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Police arrested the 21-year-old offender from Tasmania\u2019s north-west. Image \/ Pulse (File)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTasmania Police, with the support of its partners, is committed to interrupting these crimes and keeping our children safe,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging anyone who witnesses suspicious online behaviour to report it immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Those who believe a child is in immediate danger should call triple-zero, while other concerns can be reported to police on 131 444.<\/p>\n<p>Reports can also be made online to the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation or anonymously through Crime Stoppers Tasmania on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<p>Support services are available for victim survivors through Arch Tasmania and the state government\u2019s Keeping Children Safe website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-year-old \u201creportable offender\u201d from the state\u2019s north-west has been charged with multiple serious offences including child exploitation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-495338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}