A former Summerland lifeguard who was previously sentenced to six years in jail for preying on young boys has now been charged in Abbotsford.
Court records indicate that Edward Casavant, 61, whose nickname is “Eddy Spaghetti,” has been charged with six offences – one count each of possessing, accessing and distributing child sex-abuse material; making or publishing child sex-abuse material; making sexually explicit material available to someone under the age of 18; and failing to comply with a prohibition order.
The Abbotsford News has reached out to the Abbotsford Police Department for more details on the charges.
Casavant, a Penticton resident at the time, had been a lifeguard and swim teacher in Summerland for 35 years when he was arrested in 2019 and charged with 10 offences.
Police found 275 videos on Casavant’s devices depicting sexual offences being committed against children ranging in age from infants to 10-year-old boys.
Police also found 30 videos, date stamped from 2008 to 2016, that Casavant made with a spy camera inside the change rooms of the swimming pool where he worked. The children in those videos were boys between six and 10 years old.
Casavant was sentenced in early 2020 to six years in jail after pleading guilty to four offences – sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, voyeurism, possessing child pornography and making child pornography.
Casavant was given credit for one year of jail time, leaving him with another five years to serve.
Two years into his sentence, he was granted day parole, which was upgraded to statutory release in March 2023.
Casavant was sent back to prison in June 2024, when his parole was revoked after he was caught accessing photos of young boys at his job in a pro shop at a Lower Mainland golf centre.
According to the Parole Board of Canada’s decision, the images were located in a folder titled “Cowboys” that contained photos of boys swimming in a lake.
The board’s report noted that the RCMP had determined the material did not meet the threshold for a charge of sexual material of a minor, with one video containing individuals of legal age who appeared to be teenagers.
Court records indicate that Casavant remains in custody on his latest charges.
– with files from Kristi Patton, John Arendt, Phil McLachlan and Brennan Phillips
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