22-year-old charged in child luring investigation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 12, 2026   9:30 a.m.

(Ottawa)— The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has charged a 22-year-old man following several child luring incidents that took place between March 2024 and December 2024.

On March 11^th, 2026, at approximately 6:05 a.m., the OPS Internet Child Exploitation Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Alfred, Ontario.

Joshua Christopher CORPUT has been charged with:

• Luring a child
• Making sexually explicit content sexually explicit material available to a child
• Invitation to sexual touching
• Making child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM)
• Distributing CSAEM
• Possessing CSAEM
• Exposure of genitals to a person under 16

CORPUT used the following usernames during the commission of the offences.

• Xdmflocky
• Jcorput9
• Txnytxnie
• Trxpper410900
• T4X7p
• NovaStarlight_Z3nith
• Ybgcorputt
• Ghostatnight04
• Ghostatknight
• Ghostatnight
• J357644

Investigators believe there could be other victims and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5660. Tips may also be sent electronically to [email protected].

For more information on how to protect children from child sexual abuse and exploitation, please visit www.protectchildren.ca.

Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppers.ca.

 Talking for Change: Resources available through the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for those who have a sexual interest in children. The new Talking for Change program is the first of its kind in Canada and provides national and all-ages help for those concerned about their risk to use child sexual exploitation material or offend sexually against a child.

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