A Saskatoon man was handed four years in prison for child porn charges and robbing nine businesses in Central Saskatchewan.
Cody Kemick, 38, was sentenced in Saskatoon Provincial Court June 17 after pleading guilty to accessing child porn and stealing from businesses and residences in Saskatoon, Unity, Lucky Lake, Dinsmore, Rosetown, Kerrobert, Aberdeen, Humboldt, Milden, and Conquest.
Kemick, and Chantal Dubois, 41, were arrested in May 2020. During an investigation into businesses break-ins and thefts that started in February 2020, police gathered surveillance videos showing a man in a white Ford 150 truck at various crime scenes. Several RCMP detachments and the Saskatoon Police Service worked together to obtain information about the truck and officers identified the man as Kemick. Saskatoon Provincial RCMP GIS, along with officers from Saskatoon, Outlook, Rosetown and Humboldt detachments, then raided Kemick’s Saskatoon home. They found $35,000 in computers, electronics, tools, hair salon products, lottery tickets, cheques and ammunition.
The court heard that when police returned some of the cellphones and electronics to business owners, one person found child pornography on a computer. RCMP then analyzed the other devices and found 1,328 child pornography videos depicting girls between the ages of seven and 10 years old.
Kemick’s criminal record was entered into the court, which revealed he has a prior child luring conviction and eight property-related convictions.
Kemick was given two months off his global sentence for time served while in remand. He was also ordered to pay $83,000 in restitution for the damaged and stolen items.
Dubois had another appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court June 21 and is scheduled to appear again June 24.
