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The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) needs your help in finding the suspect in a sexual assault case that happened in Burlington.
On Monday, September 20th, at roughly 6:30 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was sitting on a bench on the Waterfront Trail in Burlington’s Spencer Smith Park. The suspect was observed to be taking photographs of the victim. He then sat beside her on the bench and touched her breast above her shirt. The suspect then fled the area on foot.
The suspect is described as:
- Male, in his 50’s or 60’s
- Asian
- 5’9” to 5’10” tall with a thin build
- Noticeable wrinkles
- Spoke with a thick accent/broken English
- Wearing a white t-shirt with red sleeves and a grey baseball hat with a white design on the front. He was holding a cell phone with a bright red case
Police have information that two young males may have seen the victim and suspect together on the bench. One of the youths was on a bike and the other was on a skateboard. Police would like to speak to these potential witnesses.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Detective Constable Andrew Corrie of the Child and Sexual Assault Unit at 905-825-4777 ext. 8971.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers. “See something? Hear something? Know something? Contact Crime Stoppers” at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca.
