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Retired RCMP officer charged with sexual assault pleads not-guilty

Jessica Laing March 16, 2026 7:22 pm Last Updated on March 16, 2026 7:22 pm

A retired RCMP Officer has plead not‑guilty to three charges of sexual assault, according to the province’s public prosecution service.

The Province’s Police Watchdog, Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) charged Sergeant Darrell W. Johnson for occurrences that allegedly happened between 2016 to 2025.

They say the incidents reportedly occurred while he was a RCMP officer and after his retirement.

He is now scheduled to appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on April 9 for a hearing to set the trial date for the sexual assault charges.

On October 4, 2025, he faced two additional charges for failing to comply with a condition, which has a trial scheduled in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on June 18.

Jessica Laing

Jessica Laing is a news reporter for Acadia Broadcasting who graduated from the journalism program at Humber College (now known as Humber Polytechnic). She is based in the Port Hawkesbury area of Nova Scotia and is an award-winning photographer. Contact Jessica at LaingJ@radioabl.ca.
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