Port Colborne woman, bus monitor charged with sexual exploitation of minors

Niagara police have arrested and charged a Port Colborne woman who works as a bus monitor for a local high school for making sexually explicit material available to minors.

The Niagara police service’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit and the Technological Crimes Unit began a joint investigation in October that led to the arrest on Nov. 12.

Cheri-Lyn Weaver, 33, has been charged with “Making Sexually Explicit Material Available — under 18 — Sexual Exploitation.”

Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact Niagara police at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009172.

Those who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or at 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information that leads to an arrest.

For information on how parents and guardians can keep children safe online visit CyberTip.ca, Canada’s national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.

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