An Ontario woman who operated a childcare facility for autistic children while her registered sex offender husband lived on the premises has posted bail for human trafficking and other charges.
Amber Maloney’s parents both paid a $5,000 surety after she was arrested for fraud over $5,000, administering a noxious substance, human trafficking and other charges.
Maloney and her husband Lauriston Maloney were both arrested in July, shortly after the Ontario Provincial Police released a rare community warning about the husband’s status as a registered sex offender related to crimes involving minors.
The husband was living at the childcare centre, Beating the Odds, which was operated by Maloney.
“The ‘camp’ is run out of a residence. Maloney lives at the residence,” OPP Sgt. Jason Folz told True North.
“The offender’s spouse runs that camp and is well aware of his background. The OPP investigators from the Nottawasaga Detachment regularly monitor and check in with those on the Ontario Sex Offender Registry.”
Laurison Maloney is also facing human trafficking charges and is expected to appear in court on Thursday.
Amber Maloney was ordered to remain under house arrest and also faces other release conditions while on bail.
The court case is currently under a publication ban, barring the reporting of evidence surrounding the hearings.
According to Amber Maloney’s lawyer Robert Ratusny, this was the first time she has ever been arrested and she plans on fighting the charges.
As reported by True North, some parents who showed up to protest the childcare centre alleged that Lauriston Maloney offered to drive children home from the camp despite telling the media that he had “no interaction” with the kids at the centre.
“Yes, we share the same property address, but he does not work with these kids. He has his own job that brings him off-site and allows me to operate solely without him,” Amber Maloney claimed in a CTV interview.
