Essex County provincial police have charged a 48-year-old Amherstburg man with 18 sexually related offences involving a nine-year-old boy.

Police say the incidents allegedly took place between 2009 and 2010.

Carlo Salvitti is charged with four counts of sexual assault, eight counts of invitation to sexual touching, four counts of sexual interference, one count of possessing child pornography, and one count of producing child pornography.

He is currently being held for a bail hearing.

Any person with information regarding the person responsible for this investigation can contact the Essex County Crime Unit at 519-723-2496 or Crime Stoppers at 519-258-TIPS.