Fredericton man gets 5 years for sex crimes
George Patrick Derrick Smith, 53, sentenced for touching minor for sexual purpose, making child pornography and possessing it following RCMP investigation
A Fredericton man will be required to register as a sex offender for years after he serves his five-year prison term for sexual abuse of a minor and child-pornography crimes.
George Patrick Derrick Smith, 53, pleaded guilty Aug. 24 in provincial court to counts of touching a minor for a sexual purpose, making child pornography and possessing child pornography, the RCMP stated in a recent news release.
“He was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison,” the Mounties reported.
“Upon his release, he will be ordered to register with the National Sex Offender Registry for 20 years and is subject to a DNA order.”
The police investigation into Smith’s criminal activities was led by the New Brunswick RCMP's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit and began in October 2022, the release said, after the unit received information from the RCMP's National Child Exploitation Crime Centre (NCECC).
“On Oct. 19, 2022, members of the RCMP ICE Unit, along with members of the Blackville RCMP and the RCMP's digital forensic services, executed a search warrant at a residence in the Fredericton area, as part of the investigation,” the release said.
That search led to Smith’s arrest at that residence, it said, officers seized several electronic devices.
Smith was originally charged in early 2023 with two counts of sexual interference, and one count each of sexual assault, possession of child pornography and production of child pornography, the release said.
He pleaded guilty to three of those counts.
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