Former children's tennis coach accused of sex crimes turns himself in

RCMP say that a 27-year-old man accused of sex offences against children turned himself in to Halifax police on Friday night.

On Friday, police asked for the public's help to locateAaron Byron Cumberland, who they believed was heading to the U.S.

He was wanted on anoutstanding arrest warrant and was charged Thursday with three counts of child luring, making sexually explicit material available to achild and invitation to sexual touching.

Cumberland who has also gone by the aliases of Aaron Austin, Aaron-Felix Austin and by thenickname Hiro was last known to live in Bedford, N.S., but previously worked as a tennis coach for children in the Kentvillearea.

RCMP say Cumberland is in custody and will appear in court in Kentville.