Goulaigan faces four more sex charges

New sex charges have been laid against Goulais River's Robert Lemieux, this time for crimes said to have occurred around Sault Ste. Marie in 1963 and 1964.

Ontario Provincial Police have issued the following announcement this morning:

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Goulais River, Ont. - Sault Ste Marie OPP have laid four more sex charges against Goulais River resident Robert Lemieux.

Yesterday members of the Sault Ste Marie OPP Crime Unit arrested and charged sixty three year old Robert Lemieux with four sex crimes.

The charges date back to 1963 and 1964 in and around the Sault Ste Marie area.

At the time of the assaults the lone male victim was thirteen years old.

Mr. Lemiuex has been charged with two charges of Indecent Assault on a Male and two charges of Gross Indecency Contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.

Investigations have indicated that Lemiuex has lived in and around the Sault Ste Marie area for most of his adult life.

He did travel and work in various parts of Canada.

Mr. Lemiuex first came to the attention of police in Ontario as a result of an investigation by the Child Abuse Unit of the Winnipeg Police Service.

The Winnipeg Police Service traveled to Sault Ste Marie in late November of this year to investigate the Goulais River man, several complainants came forward in and around the Winnipeg area to complain about being sexually assaulted by the accused.

As a result of that investigation Mr. Lemieux was charged with sixteen sex related charges in Winnipeg.

He appears in Winnipeg court on Dec 29 2003 to answer to those charges.

Mr. Lemiuex has been released from custody on the Sault Ste Marie charges and will appear in court on January 12, 2004 in Sault Ste Marie to answer to the charges from this area.

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