On Thursday, July 14, 2022, just before 6:00p.m.,  Hamilton Police and Hamilton Paramedic personnel responded to the area of Hwy #8 and Grays Road for a motor vehicle collision that resulted in a pedestrian being struck.

A westbound Hyundai motor vehicle being operated by a 26-year-old Hamilton male was struck by a Honda Civic motor vehicle that was making a left turn onto Grays Road. The collision sent the Hyundai onto the sidewalk and into a HSR bus shelter where it hit a 12-year-old Hamilton boy who was in the shelter with his mother and two other children,  a 10 -year-old female and 9-year-old female. 

The injuries were believed to be life threatening at the scene and the 12-year-old was rushed to hospital. 

The 12-year-old is currently in stable and non-life threating condition. 

The 35-year-old female driver has been charged with Left turn- Fail to afford reasonable opportunity to avoid collision under the Highway Traffic Act. 

Additional charges may be laid, pending further investigation. 

If you have any information that you believe could assist Police with the investigation into this collision, you are asked to contact the Collision Reconstruction Unit at 905-546-4753.

To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com.

During the course of the investigation, a search warrant was executed on March 24 resulting in computer devices being seized. On April 4, investigators located evidence of child pornography and identified a victim under the age of six from St. Ann’s Catholic Elementary School Barton Street in Hamilton.

On Monday, April 4, 2022, Hamilton Police arrested 49-year-old Paul Goodman of Hamilton at St. Ann’s Catholic Elementary School. Goodman is an Educational Assistant at the school and is also a Scout Leader with Scouts Canada. He faces the following charges:

• Possession of Child Pornography
• Making Child Pornography
• Making Child Pornography Available

Goodman is being held pending a Conditional Release.

Police believe there could be more victims.

The Hamilton Police Service is a member of the Ontario Provincial Strategy to Combat Internet Child Exploitation. This project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of the Solicitor General. The Hamilton Police Service Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit continues to relentlessly pursue offenders, who are engaged in the online sexual exploitation of children. This work was done to ensure the continued protection of children in our community while holding offenders accountable for offences they commit in said community.

The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information that you believe could assist with these investigations into these crimes, you are asked to contact any member of the Internet Exploitation Unit by calling 905-540-5247.

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com.

In December 2020, the Hamilton Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit received information in regards to child pornography being made available online. On June 10, 2021, a warrant to search was executed for a residence on the Hamilton Mountain. Police seized devices capable of storing digital evidence.

On July 15, 2021, police arrested a 29 year-old male, after examining the data from the seized devices.

The Hamilton Police Service is a member of the Ontario Provincial Strategy to Combat Internet Child Exploitation. This project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of the Solicitor General. The Hamilton Police Service Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit continues to relentlessly pursue offenders, who are engaged in the online sexual exploitation of children. This work was done to ensure the continued protection of children in our community while holding offenders accountable for offences they commit in said community.

If you have any information that you believe could assist with these investigations into these crimes you are asked to contact any member of the Internet Child Exploitation Unit by calling 905-540-5247.

If you have any information in regards to this individual or incident you can provide information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by submitting your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com