A 48-year-old man from Valleyfield faces dozens of sex-related offences involving minors while the Sûreté du Québec continues to investigate whether there are other alleged victims.
Yan Lecompte made his first court appearance at the Valleyfield courthouse on Wednesday, where he faces 47 charges, including five counts of sexual assault and six counts of invitation to sexual touching. He was also charged with sexual interference, child luring, making sexually explicit material available to a minor, production and possession of child pornography and criminal harassment.
“The events took place between 2010 and 2023 and the investigation tends to demonstrate that the suspect might have other victims,” the SQ said in a statement Thursday, adding it has created a special team of investigators.
“It is a unified command structure in which Quebec police services work in partnership to quickly identify crimes committed by predators and arrest them. This provincial coordination therefore allows for the pooling of police resources and aims to better protect victims,” the SQ said.
The investigation into Lecompte was done through the SQ station in the Beauharnois-Salaberry MRC.
Lecompte does not appear to have a criminal record in Quebec.
The Sûreté du Québec is asking that anyone with information related to their investigation contact them. Information can be provided on a confidential basis by calling the SQ’s Criminal Information Center at 1-800-659-4264.