Former Ontario Officer Charged With 22 Offences After SIU Reopen

A former police officer from Ontario has been arrested and charged with 22 criminal offences, including multiple counts of sexual assault, following the reopening of a decades-old investigation. Kevin Seamons, a former officer with the Durham Regional Police Service, was taken into custody in Alberta on Wednesday night on a Canada-wide warrant.

The charges stem from alleged incidents in 2003. According to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, the civilian police watchdog, the case was initially investigated that year but was reopened in 2024 after the complainant, a woman, came forward with new information. The SIU’s director, Joseph Martino, stated he had reasonable grounds to believe the former officer committed the offences.

Seamons faces a total of 22 charges. These include six counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual assault with a weapon, seven counts of sexual exploitation, six counts of breach of trust, and one count each of assault with a weapon and pointing a firearm. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested him in Morinville, Alberta.

He has since been released under several conditions, which include a prohibition on communicating directly or indirectly with...