Members of the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Arrest a Providence Man
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that on Thursday, January 5, 2017, members of the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Dylan Harris, age 25, of 159 Camp Street, Third Floor, Providence, Rhode Island for:
1) Indecent Solicitation of a Minor (2 counts),
2) Disseminating Indecent Material to a Minor,
3) Possession of Cocaine,
4) Attempted Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and
5) Eluding.
ICAC Task Force members recently initiated an investigation into an individual attempting to solicit a child for indecent purposes. As detectives approached Mr. Harris he attempted to flee the area in his vehicle and subsequently crashed into the wooden guardrail at Winslow Park in the City of Warwick. Mr. Harris was taken into custody without further incident.
Mr. Harris will be arraigned at Third Division District Court, Noel Judicial Complex, 222 Quaker Lane, Warwick, Rhode Island, on Friday, January 6, 2017. Mr. Harris is currently on bail for Enticement of a Child and Obstruction charges originating from Smithfield Police.
The Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force actively engages in investigative efforts to identify subjects involved in child exploitation-related activities. The Rhode Island ICAC Task Force Program is administered by the Rhode Island State Police and supports a national network of multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to Internet crimes against children and technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. The Rhode Island ICAC Task Force is comprised of members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit along with detectives from the Warwick Police Department, Cranston Police Department, East Providence Police Department, Newport Police Department, Pawtucket Police Department, North Kingstown Police Department, Portsmouth Police Department, Woonsocket Police Department, and special agents from Homeland Security Investigations and United States Postal Inspection Services.