US EditionFormer Regina police officer who used database to pursue women sentenced
Robert Semenchuk used police data to contact 33 women, many vulnerable, under false names, receiving a conditional sentence with probation and house arrest, court heard.
- A former Regina police sergeant was handed a conditional sentence of two years less a day in Regina courts.
- Prosecutors say he used wrong‑number texts and fake names to contact women after obtaining information from the police computer system, as detailed in the agreed statement of facts.
- Victims told the court they felt conned, used, distressed and mistrustful by his conduct, while Kerry Benjoe said Semenchuk used the name Jay and first texted her in a domestic-violence shelter.
- Crown prosecutor Christopher Browne and defence lawyer Nick Brown proposed a joint submission for six months' house arrest and three years' probation, while Regina Police Chief Lorilee Davies said the force is appalled and must regain public trust.
- After hearing 19 victim impact statements, Judge Marylynne Beaton noted the magnitude of offending hadn’t come through in the agreed facts, while defence lawyer Nick Brown told court Semenchuk struggles with mental health and now works for an insulation company.
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Robert Semenchuck, a former police sergeant who pleaded guilty last year to using a police database to target 33 women for intimate relationships, receives a two-year conditional sentence, followed by three years of probation.
Former Regina police officer who used database to pursue women sentenced
A former Regina police officer who used the Regina Police Service (RPS) database to pursue women has been sentenced to two years less a day, with six months on house arrest and the remainder to be served in the community.
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