In October 2016, Abbotsford Police Department investigators received information that an internet subscriber was uploading images of child sexual abuse.  In the months that followed, a 37-year-old suspect named Robert Gordon Hillier was identified in connection to that internet account.  The Major Crime Unit of the APD executed a search warrant at Hillier’s residence on January 12, 2017, and seized various computer devices and cell phones.  An examination of the material on those items revealed thousands of child pornography images and videos.

On February 28, 2017, Robert Gordon Hillier was arrested. He has since been charged with Accessing Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography and Making Available Child Pornography.

  • Not to possess or utilize any electronic device capable of accessing the internet
  • Not to contact or communicate with any person who is known to be involved in the sexual exploitation of children or trading or possessing child sexual exploitation materials

Anyone with information concerning this investigation is asked to call the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 or text us at 222973(abbypd).