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Petty Officer Second Class Dean Hicks found dead at CFB Halifax
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Very sad to read this last night. I sailed with Dean. Good guy. My deepest condolences to his family. 
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Condolences to family, colleagues and friends ....
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I sailed with Dean as well. He was a very nice guy. My condolences to his family. Very sad.
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Dead CFB Halifax sailor faced child porn charge
A member of the military who was found dead at CFB Halifax on Nov. 12 was facing a charge of possession of child pornography and another of failing to comply with the conditions of a court order.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Oliver (Dean) Hicks, whose body was found at a building on the base, had been scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court that same day on the charge of breaching conditions. The breach charge stemmed from orders regarding his release on the charge of possessing child pornography.
A warrant for his arrest was issued Nov. 12 after his failure to appear, but it was later recalled, purportedly after officials learned of his death.
Const. Pierre Bourdages, spokesman for Halifax Regional Police, said officers became aware Nov. 13 of the warrant issued on the breach charge. It’s believed that charge was laid by military police, but that information could not be substantiated.
The military has said there was no foul play suspected in the 48-year-old’s death, but their investigation continues.
Hicks was charged after officers from the Internet child exploitation unit raided a Sarnia Avenue home in Dartmouth on Nov. 15, 2013, according to a news release Halifax police issued shortly after the incident. According to the charge, he allegedly possessed child pornography between July 7 and Nov. 15, 2013. Computer equipment was seized from the property during the search, police said.
Hicks was released from custody on several conditions, including orders not to communicate with children under 16, and to not be within 25 metres of a place frequented by children. He was also ordered not to access the Internet or any device able to access the Internet. It’s alleged he violated those conditions between July and September of this year, but the authorities didn’t specify which court orders were breached.
Hicks was slated to go to trial on March 16 on the charge of possessing child pornography.
A public affairs spokesman for the Defence Department confirmed the military, which is investigating Hicks’s death, knew about the criminal charges.
“The Canadian Armed Forces were aware that Petty Officer 2nd Class Dean Hicks was facing charges under Section 163.1, Subsection 4 of the Criminal Code of Canada,” Capt. Peter Ryan said in an interview Tuesday, referring to the pornography charge.
“As the circumstances surrounding the member’s death are under investigation by the Canadian Armed Forces’ national investigation service, we are not in a position to provide further comments or details on this case.”
Shortly after Hicks’s death, Ryan said he had been working in an administrative capacity at one of the buildings on the base. The spokesman said co-workers discovered his body, adding no further information would be released until the force’s national investigations division finished its probe.
Hicks had been a member of the Royal Canadian Navy for 29 years.
The allegations against him were not proven in court.
Dead CFB Halifax sailor faced child porn charge
A member of the military who was found dead at CFB Halifax on Nov. 12 was facing a charge of possession of child pornography and another of failing to comply with the conditions of a court order.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Oliver (Dean) Hicks, whose body was found at a building on the base, had been scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court that same day on the charge of breaching conditions. The breach charge stemmed from orders regarding his release on the charge of possessing child pornography.
A warrant for his arrest was issued Nov. 12 after his failure to appear, but it was later recalled, purportedly after officials learned of his death.
Const. Pierre Bourdages, spokesman for Halifax Regional Police, said officers became aware Nov. 13 of the warrant issued on the breach charge. It’s believed that charge was laid by military police, but that information could not be substantiated.
The military has said there was no foul play suspected in the 48-year-old’s death, but their investigation continues.
Hicks was charged after officers from the Internet child exploitation unit raided a Sarnia Avenue home in Dartmouth on Nov. 15, 2013, according to a news release Halifax police issued shortly after the incident. According to the charge, he allegedly possessed child pornography between July 7 and Nov. 15, 2013. Computer equipment was seized from the property during the search, police said.
Hicks was released from custody on several conditions, including orders not to communicate with children under 16, and to not be within 25 metres of a place frequented by children. He was also ordered not to access the Internet or any device able to access the Internet. It’s alleged he violated those conditions between July and September of this year, but the authorities didn’t specify which court orders were breached.
Hicks was slated to go to trial on March 16 on the charge of possessing child pornography.
A public affairs spokesman for the Defence Department confirmed the military, which is investigating Hicks’s death, knew about the criminal charges.
“The Canadian Armed Forces were aware that Petty Officer 2nd Class Dean Hicks was facing charges under Section 163.1, Subsection 4 of the Criminal Code of Canada,” Capt. Peter Ryan said in an interview Tuesday, referring to the pornography charge.
“As the circumstances surrounding the member’s death are under investigation by the Canadian Armed Forces’ national investigation service, we are not in a position to provide further comments or details on this case.”
Shortly after Hicks’s death, Ryan said he had been working in an administrative capacity at one of the buildings on the base. The spokesman said co-workers discovered his body, adding no further information would be released until the force’s national investigations division finished its probe.
Hicks had been a member of the Royal Canadian Navy for 29 years.
The allegations against him were not proven in court.
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