Richmond RCMP Officer Convicted of Sex Offenses, Some Against Teens in Vancouver – BC | Globalnews.ca

A Richmond RCMP officer has been convicted of 10 counts of sex crimes, some involving teenage girls, in the Vancouver area.

A jury found Andrew Seangio, 37, guilty of three counts of exposing his genitalia to persons under the age of 16 for sexual purposes and seven counts of committing an indecent act in public.

The jury deliberated for about a day and a half and read their verdict aloud in court on Thursday.

Judge Catherine Wedge of the British Columbia Supreme Court will set a July 20 sentencing date.

According to Vancouver police, some of the crimes occurred in the area of ​​Marguerite Street and West 32nd Avenue near York House School, an all-girls school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, in February 2019.

Police previously told Global News that several female students had reported that a man in a black SUV pulled up next to them and exposed himself before leaving.

Seangio was arrested in Vancouver in March 2020.

In court, the Crown argued that Seangio had exposed himself to four girls and undercover police officers posing as students at private schools.

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Prosecutors argued that he drove his black SUV past the Little Flower Academy for girls on Alexandra Street and York House School, circling the blocks until he found an isolated victim. Once he rolled down the passenger window, he would expose himself and then quickly walk away after being seen.

Seangio’s defense argued that the Crown did not provide direct evidence of the crimes.

Victims, undercover officers and Seangio testified in the case. The Crown presented cell phone records showing Seangio was in the area of ​​the schools and surveillance footage showing his truck circling the block.

Richmond RCMP has previously confirmed that Seangio is a member of the task force and was off duty at the time of the crimes.

Global News has reached out to the task force for comment on this story and will update when a response is received.

Seangio also faces a series of charges in Ottawa for voyeurism and sexual assault.

— with files from Elizabeth McSheffrey and Erin Ubels