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A 26-year-old man has been charged with over 70 alleged child sex offences as the families of eight alleged victims are notified by detectives.
Joshua Brown was arrested on May 12 and charged with offences relating to eight alleged victims who attended a daycare centre in Point Cook, in Melbourne’s southwest, between April 2022 and January 2023.
The slew of alleged offences include the sexual penetration of a child, production of child abuse material, and reckless contamination of goods to cause alarm or anxiety.
Brown worked at 20 childcare centres over an eight-year period between January 2017 and May 2025.
While the alleged offences the man has currently been charged with are limited to one childcare centre at the moment, families who had children placed at any of the centres during the periods of the man’s employment are in the process of being contacted.
It has been done to ensure appropriate support and welfare services are provided.
‘If you have not been contacted then it is highly unlikely you child has been affected,’ acting Commander Janet Stevenson.
However, police have invited concerned parents and anyone else with information to contact authorities.
A 26-year-old man has been charged with over 70 alleged child abuse offences following an investigation by sex crimes detectives (stock)
Detectives are also investigating alleged offending at a second childcare centre in Essendon, in the city’s inner-northwest, ‘as a priority’.
Brown has remained in custody since his arrest in mid-May.
He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on September 15.
The families of the alleged victims have been notified by police and offered support.
‘This is an incredibly distressing and confronting investigation for all involved and I know many members of the community will hear this news and feel enormously concerned,’ acting Commander Stevenson said.
‘The most important thing for our investigators was that we needed to identify the victims involved. These are some of the most vulnerable members of our community and the conversations police have had to have with their families were no doubt life changing in the worst possible way.
‘Detectives have been working alongside a range of agencies during this investigation to ensure as much information has been provided to impacted parties as soon as possible.’
The full list of the 20 childcare centres Mr Brown worked out between January 2018 and May 2025 has been released ‘out of an abundance of caution’ and so that ‘families and carers can cross check for themselves’.
These are:
Nino Early Learning Adventures, Point Cook 15 Jan 2017 – 9 Jun 2019
Explorers Early Learning, Point Cook: 18 Aug 2019 – 27 Oct 2019 Casual work: 10 Nov 2019 & 22 Dec 2019
Adventurers Education, Wyndham Vale: 25 Nov 2019 – 24 Jul 2020
Only About Children, Williamstown: 28 Oct 2020 – 30 Mar 2021
Wallaby Childcare Centre, Sanctuary Lakes: 13 Apr 2021 – 25 May 2021
Nido Early Learning School, Werribee: 21 Jun 2021 – 16 Jul 2021
Creative Gardens, Point Cook: 28 Oct 2021 – 2 Feb 2024
Leopold World of Learning, Leopold: 9 Feb 2023 – 13 Feb 2023
Greenwood, Point Cook: 14 Feb 2023 – 10 Mar 2023
Little Blossoms Child Care Centre, Werribee: 14 Aug 2023 – 17 Aug 2023
D.O.T.S Occupational Therapy for Children, Footscray: 1 Mar 2024 – 30 Apr 2024
Aussie Kindies Early Learning, Sunbury: 13 Aug 2024 – 21 Aug 2024
Milestones Early Learning, Werribee: 14 Aug 2024 – 16 Aug 2024
Milestones Early Learning, Hoppers Crossing: 19 Aug 2024 – 19 Aug 2024
Papilio Early Learning, Hoppers Crossing: 22 Aug 2024 – 12 Mar 2025
Kids Academy, Melton: 12 Sep 2024 – 12 Sep 2024
Kids Academy, Kensington: 7 Oct 2024 – 9 Oct 2024
Aussie Kindies Early Learning, Keilor: 11 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
Papilio Early Learning, Essendon: 17 Feb 2025 – 9 May 2025
Milestones Early Learning, Bundoora: 8 May 2025 – 8 May 2025
More to come.
