Lurid notes left in park bring luring charges to Hillsdale, Ont. man

OPP tape stretches across an open walkway in this undated file image.

A man faces serious luring charges after leaving questionable notes in a Hillsdale, Ont. park.

Several Hillsdale residents called the Huronia West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Wednesday and Thursday after seeing a man leaving the notes at a Davenport Drive park and its surrounding area.

Police say they began an investigation and identified several locations with similar evidence.

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The OPP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit and its Repeat Offender and Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Unit started a multi-day investigation that led to the identity of a local man.

This week, police charged a 23-year-old Hillsdale man with:

• Two counts of making sexually explicit material available to a person under 16 yrs of age
• Two counts of luring a person under 16 years of age by means of telecommunication
• Invitation to sexual touching to a person under 16 years of age
• Unauthorized possession of weapon

The man remains in custody and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie today to answer to the charges.