OPP officer charged with child-luring makes mandated check-in at detachmentBY SHAAMINI YOGARETNAM, OTTAWA CITIZEN
OTTAWA — An Ottawa provincial police officer charged with luring a child made a scheduled check-in Friday at the Kanata detachment, where he has worked for the last five years.
Const. Michael Janho, 31, drove his grey 2004 Jaguar into the parking lot at the Ontario Provincial Police detachment at 973 Teron Rd. just before 9 a.m. As part of the conditions of his suspension, he is required to check in at the detachment every day.
A Citizen reporter and photographer waiting to seek comment from Janho were asked to leave the detachment’s property and stay behind a fence on the property line.
When Janho arrived he drove beyond the visitors’ section into the restricted parking area of the detachment, specifically used by on-duty officers, and used a back door to make his mandated check-in.
Janho was in the detachment for no more than a few minutes before getting back into his car and driving off without responding to a request for comment.
Janho was arrested and charged at the same detachment Wednesday with luring a child. Police said that the alleged offence occurred between Sept. 22 through to Dec. 3 of last year.
Police said they launched an investigation in December after the female victim’s family filed a complaint.
OPP spokeswoman Sgt. Kristine Rae said she could not comment on what led the family members to file the complaint.
Six months later, Janho was charged under section 172.1 of the Criminal Code.
That section states that luring a child refers to using a means of “telecommunications” to communicate with an underage person. Subsections detail different offences depending on the age of the victim — either under 18, under 16 or under 14. Police have not disclosed which subsection Janho has been charged under. Rae said the method of communication was not the Internet, but would not elaborate.
Police said Janho was off-duty at the time of the alleged offence and was released on a promise to appear and officer-in-charge undertaking with conditions.
Janho has been suspended from duty with pay as set out in the Police Services Act. Police union president Jim Christie told the Citizen Thursday he could not comment on the charge while the matter is before the courts, but said that an internal charge and investigation would have been automatically triggered with the laying of a criminal charge.
The OPP professional standards bureau, which investigates police misconduct, could not immediately speak to the Citizen.
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