{"id":529672,"date":"2026-03-11T18:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529672\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:35:07","slug":"charges-laid-after-ottawa-12-year-old-lured-by-u-s-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529672\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges laid after Ottawa 12-year-old lured by U.S. man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa police assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapolice.ca\/en\/news\/joint-investigation-results-in-child-luring-charges-against-new-york-man.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">officers from across the border in laying charges against an American man in a child luring<\/a> investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Police said in a press release that the case was launched in September 2025 and focused on reports that a 20-year-old from New York lured a 12-year-old from Ottawa using social media platforms. The force\u2019s internet child exploitation unit provided evidence to state police, helping officers in the U.S. execute a search warrant at a home in New York.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Brayden Bergfjord was charged under U.S. law with:<\/p>\n<p>Disseminating indecent material to minors \u2013 1st Degree (D Felony)<\/p>\n<p>Criminal solicitation \u2013 3rd Degree (E Felony)<\/p>\n<p>Acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 (A Misdemeanor)<\/p>\n<p>Police believe there could be more victims in Ottawa, which is why they are releasing the several names the accused used when communicating online.<\/p>\n<p>Usernames include:<\/p>\n<p>XEO-ROYAL<\/p>\n<p>earthlimits<\/p>\n<p>Chromedhitta<\/p>\n<p>purplewrld<\/p>\n<p>coolj_55<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is being asked to contact Ottawa police. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa police assisted officers from across the border in laying charges against an American man in a child&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-529672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}