Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq arrested in police investigation
- Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq was arrested on Monday.
- He is currently under police investigation for telecommunications offences.
- The Policy & Resources Committee has suspended his participation in all committee activities.
- No further comments will be released at this time.
The Policy & Resources Committee has confirmed that Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq was arrested and is currently the subject of a police investigation.
In response, the remaining members of the committee have unanimously agreed that Deputy Le Tocq will not participate in any Committee business while the investigation is ongoing.
“The Committee has been informed that Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq was arrested yesterday and is now the subject of a police investigation,” P&R said in a statement released late last night.
“The remaining members of the Committee have unanimously agreed that Deputy Le Tocq will not participate in any Committee business while the police investigation is ongoing.”
Police have confirmed that on Monday morning they arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of telecommunications offences.
“We would remind the community that this investigation is ongoing and no one has been charged with any offence at this stage,” a police spokesperson said.
“We will not provide further commentary while the investigation continues.”
Deputy Le Tocq has served five terms in politics and was re-elected with 8,002 votes in June before being voted back on to P&R by the new States.
He was first elected to the Assembly in 2020, initially serving two terms with committee roles which included Education and Treasury before taking a break.
Re-elected in 2012, he became Home Affairs minister and then Chief Minister for the last two years of that term.
During the last two terms he has been responsible for external relations on the senior committee.
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