A former RCMP assistant commissioner in Abbotsford, B.C., has pleaded guilty to assaulting a teenager by grabbing his throat following a lacrosse game in July 2025 that involved the officer’s son.
David Teboul pleaded guilty in Abbotsford Provincial Court on Oct. 28 to one count of assault stemming from the off-duty altercation. Police originally charged him with two counts of assault and one count of assault by choking involving two people, whose identities were protected by a publication ban.
According to an agreed statement of facts presented in court, Teboul grabbed the 16-year-old victim by the neck with enough force to lift him off the floor and pinned him against a low wall. Teboul later grabbed the teenager’s neck a second time and bent him over the wall for about 15 seconds….