Leduc RCMP charge four people in child-exploitation investigation

RCMP in Leduc have charged four people following an investigation into child pornography and sexual offences against children.

Police say the General Investigations Section began probing allegations earlier this year, leading to the Aug. 20 arrest of 27-year-old Leduc County resident Maxance Valade. He is charged with production of child pornography along with seven additional child-sex offences.

Valade remains in custody.

Investigators executed a search warrant at Valade’s Leduc property, seizing electronic devices.

RCMP say a forensic review, assisted by ALERT’s Integrated Child Exploitation Unit, identified additional victims and suspects, expanding the investigation.

On Oct. 8, officers searched a home in Edmonton and arrested 34-year-old Sydney Burns. She is charged with producin