Suspended Richmond RCMP officer charged with voyeurism, sexual assault in Ottawa

OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) — A suspended Richmond RCMP officer has been charged with more than 30 sex-related counts in Ottawa.

Andrew Seangio was charged Wednesday with 34 counts of voyeurism and three counts of sexual assault involving six women known to him.

He was previously suspended and charged by Vancouver police in March in a separate investigation.

The 35-year-old man turned himself into Vancouver police Thursday.

A suspended @RichmondRCMP officer has been charged w/ 34 counts of voyeurism & 3 counts of sexual asssult by @OttawaPolice. It comes 4 months after @VancouverPD charged Andrew Seangio w/ 7 counts of indecent act, 3 counts of exposing himself to someone underage & 1 x voyeurism https://t.co/SNmvxh6SfW

— Monika Gul (@MonikaGul) July 16, 2020

The Ottawa offences occurred between 2011 and 2018. Seangio was living in the City of Ottawa at the time some of the offences occurred, according to a release from police there.

The latter investigation was initiated when the Vancouver Police Department contacted the Ottawa department in January.

Ottawa investigators believe there may be further victims and is asking any women who were present in Seangio’s residence between October 2015 and October 2017 to contact them.

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March, Seangio was arrested after police received complaints a man exposed himself to a young student near York House School the year before.

Officers had been called in February to the Shaughnessy area, close to the private all-girls school, and issued a warning notice went out to parents.

Vancouver police recommended seven charges against Seangio then, including seven counts of an indecent act, three counts of exposing himself to someone under the age of 16, and one count of voyeurism.

He was suspended with pay while Richmond RCMP reviewed his status with the department.