Richmond County District RCMP charged a man in relation to a sexual assault investigation. 
On December 11, 2020, Richmond County District RCMP received a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted a number of times when she was a teenager. The alleged sexual assaults occurred between 2012 and 2015. Police began an investigation, and on May 12, 2021, they arrested a 49-year-old man in St. Peter’s without incident.
Gordon Wallen Richard of St. Peter’s has been charged with 19 sex-related offences including seven counts of sexual exploitation of a young person, five counts of sexual assault, five counts of sexual interference, and two counts of invitation to sexual touching.
He was released from custody on a number of conditions and is set to appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on July 26, at 1:30 p.m.