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Yellowknife man sentenced for possession, distribution of child sexual abuse material

Twenty-year-old Chase Straker faces five years in prison and ten years of probation.


A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of probation for the possession and transmission of child pornography and for extortion. Twenty-year-old Chase Straker was sentenced in an N.W.T. court on Monday, according to an RCMP release. He was found to have stored and…



Former Hay River swim coach facing sexual assault charges

A former swim coach and school trustee from Hay River is in court facing more charges of sexual assault. Michael St. John is accused of sexually assaulting a youth in or around 2010. None of the allegations have been proven in court. The victim, who is still a minor, testified…