A bail hearing has been scheduled in mid-April for a Delburne man facing a variety of child pornography and sexual luring charges.
Charles Lawrence Ross, who is still on probation for earlier offences, is accused of using a telecommunication device to lure an underage person for sex and to contact an underage person for sex. Ross, 31, is also charged with printing or publishing child pornography and breaching conditions of his probation.
Defence counsel Will Willms asked in Red Deer provincial court on Friday that his client’s case be adjourned to April 17 to enter his pleas.
Willms told the court he and special prosecutor Jennifer Rees, a Calgary-based specialist in technology and Internet crime, are negotiating a plea agreement and anticipate that they will be ready to present a resolution in court on that day.
A bail hearing will go ahead if they are unable to reach an agreement.
Ross was sentenced on July 15, 2009, to 18 months in jail, followed by 36 months on probation after pleading guilty to distributing and possession child pornography. He was placed on the Canadian Sexual Offender Registry for a period of 20 years at that time.