Retired P.E.I. sheriff, TV host Bill Acorn charged with sexual offences

Charlottetown police have chargedretired P.E.I. sheriffBill Acorn, 83, with multiple counts of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, as well as indecent acts.

In arelease Oct. 30, police said the charges came at the conclusion of an investigation by its major crime unit into an historical sexual assault complaint. The offences date back between 2009 and 2014, police allege.

Acorn isalso charged with uttering threats and unsafe storage of a firearm.

He was released on the condition that he appear in provincial court at a later date.

Acorn wasknown for hosting Bill's Country Jamboree,a P.E.I. cable television showthat ran for 25 years.

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