BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Detectives from Blackwater Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 32-year-old Blackwater man with child sex offences following extensive investigations into the alleged grooming of a child online between 2021 and 2024.

Police will allege between 2021 and 2024 the man used the internet to groom a 14-year-old boy before engaging in an online sexual act.

A report was made to police in August 2024, and extensive investigations lead police to execute a search warrant at a Blackwater address yesterday, February 18, where a number of devices were seized, and a 32-year-old man taken into custody.

He has been charged with one count each of using ...