The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has charged a Melville man with a child exploitation offence.

Members of the ICE Unit began an online investigation into child exploitation in March of 2024 and subsequently executed a search warrant at a home in Melville on April 11, 2024.

As a result of the police investigation, 28-year-old Dillion Finnerty was charged with luring a child to facilitate a child pornography offence.

He was released with numerous conditions, with his next court date set for May 13 in Melville.