Man slapped with child pornography charges after search of Ottawa home

A 28-year-old man facesmultiple child pornography charges after Ottawa police raided his home on Montreal Road Thursday.

In mid June and late August this year, Ottawa police received information that an IP address in the area uploaded images of child sexual abuse using a website called ChatStep.

It was determined the offending IP address was located in the 400 block of Montreal Road, near St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa police said in a media release.

Police executed a search warrant at a home on Thursday.Images of child sexual abuse were found on a computer, police said.

The man was arrested and charged with three counts of possessing child pornography, and two counts of making child pornography available.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.