A 22-year-old man from Edinburgh, Scotland, was arrested by Chillicothe Police officers following an investigation into the online harassment and stalking of a local juvenile and their family. Bryan Patrick Nevin is charged with alleged harassment and stalking that is alleged to have begun in 2024.
The parents reported that their child had been harassed and controlled online by an individual the child had met through an online gaming platform. According to investigators, the child was pressured to spend specific amounts of time each day communicating and gaming with the suspect and was afraid to cut off contact due to threats to distribute previously coerced explicit images.
Chillicothe Police Chief Jon Maples says their Detectives had been in touch with the suspect.
Said he was in Chillicothe to “Clear His Name”
In early July, Nevin traveled from Scotland to Chillicothe and allegedly appeared at the family’s home uninvited.
A Livingston County Sheriff’s Deputy located Nevin, and he was told he was trespassing and formally told to leave the property, but investigators allege he was observed in the immediate vicinity of the home again later that same evening. Nevin is now in custody at the Caldwell County Detention Center with no bond allowed.
The Chillicothe Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and the Northwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force. Investigators note that a separate investigation into additional allegations remains ongoing, and no further details about that investigation will be released at this time.