Fredericton man sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sex offences

(Source: RCMP)

A Fredericton man has been sentenced to a decade in prison following an investigation by New Brunswick RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit.

The investigation first began in July 2024 after the unit received information from the force’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre.

Police then executed a search warrant at a home on Glenmar Drive in Fredericton on Sept. 24, 2024.

A man was arrested at the scene and police seized several electronic devices.

He was later released on strict conditions pending a future court appearance.

The Internet Child Exploitation Unit received information on March 13, 2025, from the Oromocto RCMP about an investigation involving child exploitation toward a local child.

Police determined it involved the same suspect.

Another warrant was executed at a home on Route 102 in Burton two days alter.

Police seized several electronic devices and the man was arrested again and remanded in custody.

Brady Matthew Worden appeared in Fredericton provincial court on Feb. 10 and March 17, 2025, and charged with:

• two counts of transmission of child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• two counts for failure to comply with a prohibition order
• possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material
• luring a child believed to be under the age of sixteen, to commit an offence
• failure to comply with an undertaking

Worden returned to court on Nov. 10, 2025, and pleaded guilty to all charges.

He was remanded into custody and scheduled to return to court.

Worden was sentenced to 10 years in prison minus remand credit on Tuesday.

“Additionally, he will be required to provide a DNA sample, will be on the National Sex Offender Registry for life, and will be prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years,” reads an RCMP news release.

“Following his release from prison, he will have to abide by conditions set out by the court, including not communicating with anyone under the age of 16, and to not attend any place that someone under the age of 16 is known to be, for life.”

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