The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit has charged an Estevan man with child pornography offences in relation to an investigation that began in August 2020 of numerous complaints about the accused Internet activities and making child pornography available through several different social media platforms.
On Oct. 21, members of the Saskatchewan ICE Unit and Estevan Police Service executed a search warrant at a residence in Estevan that was identified as a location where the offences were occurring. Child pornography was located at the residence and a mobile phone and computer device were seized for further forensic analysis.
Kyle Mansil Fiddler, age 30, of Estevan was arrested at the location and has been charged with the following: possession of child pornography; transmits child pornography; failing to comply with an order of prohibition.
He was held in custody overnight and appeared in Saskatchewan Provincial Court in Estevan on Thursday Oct. 22, where he was remanded. He is scheduled to re-appear in Weyburn Provincial Court on Oct. 27 at 10 a.m.
According to a CBC news report from 2018, Fiddler was going by the name Mansil Fiddler, and was using the name Medicine Dog when he launched a First Nations Song Challenge. CBC reported that he was from Waterhen First Nation.
The Saskatchewan ICE Unit is comprised of investigators from the RCMP, Regina Police Service, Saskatoon Police Service, and Prince Albert Police Service. Their mandate is to investigate crimes involving the abuse and/or exploitation of children on the Internet.
