High Prairie, Alberta – A 58-year-old male is facing charges after a complaint was made to the RCMP on March 3, 2019 concerning inappropriate text messages.

Douglas Ben Lang (58) of High Prairie was arrested and charged with the following offences:

-          Make sexually explicit material available to a child (x2)

-          Luring a child (x2)

Lang was released by a Justice of the Peace on conditions which include but not limited to having no contact with persons under the age of 18 and not to possess a device capable of accessing the internet. Lang is due in High Prairie Provincial Court on April 8, 2019.

As this matter is now before the courts no further comment will be provided.