Watertown man charged with sex offenses against a minor

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Watertown police officers were called to investigate a sex offense on Sunday, March 17, around 4:30 a.m.

It is alleged that Shane Kirkby, a 43-year-old man from Watertown, used cameras to record other people without their knowledge, had intercourse with a person under 13 years old and forcibly touched a person under 13 years old inappropriately, Watertown police say.

Kirkby is charged with:

• Predtory sexual assault against a child
• Rape in the first degree
• Sex abuse in the first degree
• Forcible touching
• Unlawful surveillance in the second degree
• Endangering the welfare of a child

He was held pending arraignment in Jefferson County CAP Court where he was remanded to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility.