HALIFAX — An elderly pediatrician is facing child pornography charges after a raid on a Halifax home Friday morning.
Halifax police said Dr. William Richard Vitale, 72, was arrested around 6:25 a.m. at a house in the 400 block of St. Margarets Bay Road where officers seized computer equipment.
Const. Dianne Woodworth said investigators don't believe the material allegedly seized involves any patients.
"It’s not believed any of the children are local children who have been victimized. There's no indication at this point," Woodworth said.
The arrest followed a one-month investigation by the Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, she said.
Vitale, who has had a medical practice on Oxford Street, was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Friday afternoon to face charges of making available, possessing and accessing child pornography.
