Content warning: Article includes references to the alleged sexual assault of a minor.
Sexual exploitation and human trafficking charges have been laid against a 50-year-old man in connection to three teenage girls who were found confined in a southside apparent.
According to Lethbridge Police Service officials, on December 19th police responded to reports that alleged a 14-year-old girl was being held in an apartment on 8 Street South. Police report that a man answered the door when they got to the unit and there was a girl was located inside in medical distress who was transported to hospital.
According to police the man was later arrested without incident and during an execution of a search warrant, officers located two more girls aged 15 and 16, were found inside.
Police say the 14-year-old girl reported she had been forcibly confined and sexually assaulted by the suspect and other men over a three-day period. According to police, the 14-year-old was forced to consume drugs during the assaults. The other two girls are reported to have been forcibly confined to the apartment for several hours, during which time the suspect is alleged to have exposed himself.
The 50-year-old Lethbridge man is facing a number of charges including trafficking of a person under 18, sexual assault of a child under 16 and three counts of unlawful confinement.
Police have charged a 50-year-old male with unlawful confinement, sexual exploitation and human trafficking in connection with multiple incidents where vulnerable girls were targeted and sexually assaulted. https://t.co/B93t0b6qg4 #yql pic.twitter.com/XmFSjtvMsM
— Lethbridge Police (@lethpolice) January 13, 2026
The man is also facing charges sexual assault charges from October, connected to the assault of a 24-year-old vulnerable female at his home.
Due to the evidence gathered so far in their investigation police believe there may have be other unidentified victims out there. Police are asking those victims to come please come forward or anyone with information that can assist investigators to contact police and reference file 25059360.
The suspect has been in custody since he was arrested in mid-December, but has since been granted bail on numerous conditions. His next court appearance is set for the beginning of February.
