The highly anticipated trial of Benjamin Martin Moore, a Canadian sex offender facing charges in the United States, has been postponed.
Initially scheduled to begin on August 1, the trial was delayed after a motion for continuance was granted by the court.
The delay comes as a result of the case being reassigned to a new judge.
Moore previously pleaded not guilty to the charges laid against him.
The former Eastend resident became the focus of an RCMP investigation in August of 2022 after an amber alert was released involving his common-law partner's children.
It is alleged that Moore drove through a barbed wire fence at the international border crossing, south of Climax, with the two children and their mother.
Moore was arrested in a campground near Sturgis, S.D. two days later. He had been staying there with the woman and her children.
In South Dakota, Moore is facing charges of possession of child pornography and transportation of illegal alien.
Moore will remain in custody in South Dakota. There is currently no word on his extradition to Canada to face charges.
The trial has now been rescheduled for October 31 at 9:00 a.m.