Staff Sgt. Rob McCamon, officer in charge of Major Crime and Behavioural Sciences with the Nova Scotia RCMP, announces 66 charges linked to alleged historical sexual abuses that occurred at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre between 1989 and 2015 during a press conference in Halifax on Sept. 17, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese
A 75-year-old former swim instructor is facing more than 60 charges associated with alleged sex crimes involving 30 young people over a 26-year period at a Nova Scotia corrections facility.
The Nova Scotia RCMP have laid 66 charges against Dartmouth resident Donald Douglas Williams following a multi-year investigation into alleged sexual assaults that occurred at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre, also known as Waterville, from 1989 to 2015. Williams was the facility’s swim instructor from the time the facility opened in 1988 to 2017.
