Jason Nassr, the 45-year-old Windsor man known as the 'Creeper Hunter,' has been taken back into custody after police say he violated the conditions of his court-ordered release. The Windsor Police Service major crimes unit launched an investigation in January and determined that Nassr allegedly breached two conditions imposed by the Ontario Court of Appeal when he was released in December 2025.
According to police, the conditions included restrictions on internet use related to child exploitation content and prohibitions tied to his YouTube activity. On Tuesday, April 21, at approximately 8 a.m., officers from the city centre patrol unit located and arrested Nassr in the 500 block of McDougall Avenue in downtown Windsor. He now faces two counts of failure to comply with a release order.
Background of the Case
Nassr is the founder of the now-defunct Creeper Hunter TV, a web series in which he confronted individuals he believed were child predators. In November 2025, charges against him were dropped after his arrest at the Forest City Film Festival, where the documentary Shamed—which chronicles his activities—was being screened. He had been charged with criminal harassment and breach of a court order, but the Crown withdrew the charges, citing no reasonable prospect of conviction.
However, Nassr remains bound by strict orders from the Ontario Court of Appeal pending his appeal of earlier 2023 convictions for extortion, criminal harassment, and producing and distributing written child pornography. These convictions stemmed from his Creeper Hunter TV activities.
Details of the Appeal Order
The appeal order includes a condition prohibiting Nassr from being within 200 metres of the family of a 49-year-old London-area man who was profiled on the website and died by suicide days after a phone confrontation with Nassr. During the jury trial in London, evidence was presented about Creeper Hunter TV and its 100 online episodes, in which Nassr posed as a young adult woman on adult dating sites, then shifted conversations to highly sexualized messages as a purported 12- or 13-year-old girl.
After the man's death, London police investigated Nassr and discovered a large amount of online material at his Windsor apartment, some of which constituted written child pornography. Nassr received a two-year conditional sentence with 18 months of house arrest and six months under curfew, followed by two years of probation. He served part of the sentence, but the remainder has been set aside pending his appeal.
Documentary and Wider Impact
The documentary Shamed, produced by Toronto filmmakers Matt Gallagher and Cornelia Principe, examines Nassr's activities beyond the London-area case, including other individuals whose lives ended prematurely—some from drug overdoses and one confirmed suicide in the United States.
Nassr remains in custody and is scheduled to make a 'bail phase' appearance in Windsor's Ontario Court of Justice by video on Friday.
