RCMP were called to the Fountain Park Recreation Centre pool at 4 Cunningham Road on the evening of June 19 after reports of a suspicious man.
Multiple witnesses told officers a man had been in the family change room, peering over the top of the stalls at children while they were changing. When someone confronted him, he ran.
Sean Ryan Fenerty, 28, has been charged with voyeurism. He was taken into custody on June 26 and released on an undertaking with conditions not to attend playgrounds, schools or recreational facilities. He is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Albert on August 17.
The allegation has not been tested in court.
Why the name is only out now
RCMP identified a suspect within a week and said so publicly on June 26. They couldn't name him then because the information had not yet been sworn before the courts.
Before that, they had asked the public for help. On June 26 they released a photograph and description: fair complexion, medium-length brown hair, short facial hair, brown eyes, around five foot six with an average build, wearing a black DC-branded hoodie, a green ballcap and sweatpants. He had arrived at the facility in a white Mitsubishi Eclipse sedan.
That appeal appears to have worked. The information has since been sworn, which is why the name is public this week rather than in June.
What the charge covers
Voyeurism is a Criminal Code offence involving surreptitious observation or recording of a person in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy, where the observation is for a sexual purpose or where the person is in a place they could reasonably be expected to be nude or engaged in sexual activity.
A change room is the textbook example. No recording device is required for the offence to be made out. Observation is enough.
The release conditions barring Fenerty from playgrounds, schools and recreational facilities are standard for this kind of allegation, and they are conditions, not findings. Breaching them is a separate offence.
Family change rooms and what they can't do
Family change rooms exist because the alternative is worse. A parent with a child of a different gender, an adult with a disability and a support person, a kid too old for one change room and too young to go alone. Individual stalls with doors are the standard answer.
Stalls have gaps. Most are built with clearance at the top and bottom, for ventilation, cleaning and so staff can tell if someone inside needs help. The design assumes nobody will use them the way police allege happened here.
Facilities generally rely on staff walk-throughs and on other users noticing. In this case it was other users. Multiple people flagged it, someone confronted him, and RCMP had a call within minutes.
Whether Fountain Park has changed anything since June, in sightlines, patrol frequency or signage, the City of St. Albert hasn't said publicly.
If your child was at the pool that evening
RCMP described numerous witnesses and victims. Parents whose children were at Fountain Park on the evening of June 19 and who haven't spoken to police can still do so.
St. Albert RCMP: 780-458-7700. Tips can be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Children who were in that change room may not have understood what was happening at the time, and may not have said anything about it since. The Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre supports children and youth through disclosure, investigation and court, and serves the Edmonton region including St. Albert. It can be reached at 780-421-2385.
Alberta's Child Abuse Helpline is 1-855-443-5722. Reporting suspected child abuse is a legal obligation in this province.
Sources:
St. Albert RCMP, news releases, June 26 and August 2026: https://stalbert.ca/cosa/news/rcmp/
Criminal Code of Canada, section 162
Government of Alberta, Report child abuse: https://www.alberta.ca/report-child-abuse
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