Police arrested a 24-year-old member of the Canadian Armed
Forces when he rode his motorcycle down to Gilroy to have sex with
a 17-year-old girl, police said. The man first made contact with
the girl when she was 13 years old, police said.
Police arrested a 24-year-old member of the Canadian Armed Forces when he rode his motorcycle down to Gilroy to have sex with a 17-year-old girl, police said. The man first made contact with the girl when she was 13 years old, police said.
About 7:15 a.m. Sunday, the parents of the girl called police because they sighted someone suspicious around their home, police said. When police responded, they found Michael DeBruyn, of Saskatchewan, Canada, who was on leave from military duty.
Police determined that DeBruyn had exchanged sexually graphic text messages and photos with the girl during the past two months, police said. Police also found that he was holding child pornography, police said.
Police concluded through unspecified evidence that DeBruyn had come to Gilroy to have sex with the girl, and arrested him for contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, annoying or molesting a child younger than 18 years old, and sending or possessing obscene matter depicting minors, police said. DeBruyn was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on an unspecified amount of bail.
More on this incident will be posted Monday afternoon.
Anyone with information about this crime can call police at (408) 846-0350.
