NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police – #4 District Criminal Investigation Bureau have charged a 57-year-old man from the City of Brampton in connection with a sexual assault.
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at approximately noon, police responded to retail store located a 1 Bass Pro Mills Drive in the City of Vaughan for a report of a sexual assault. Officers learned that a 27-year-old female victim was shopping with her children when an unknown male suspect began speaking with her. The male suspect proceeded to take a photo of the woman and her children and then he grabbed the victim and touched her in a sexual manner.
No physical injuries were sustained to the victim or her children.
Through investigation, officers located, identified and arrested the suspect.
Investigators are urging any additional victims or anyone with information to please come forward.
Charged
- Sunilbhai Modi, 57, of City of Brampton
Charges
- Sexual assault
A sexual assault includes any non-consensual contact of a sexual nature. York Regional Police would like to encourage anyone who feels they may have been a victim of a sexual assault to come forward and report the incident to police. There is no statute of limitations for sexual offences and offenders can be prosecuted well after the date of the offence.
If you are the survivor of sexual assault, you can report the incident online if:
- You are not in danger
- The person who assaulted you is not present
- There is no evidence present that may be collected by police (blood, semen, saliva, etc.). Evidence can be collected for up to 12 days after the sexual assault has occurred
- You have access to a private email address, to which the suspect does not have access
Use the following link for more information and to make an online report.
Anyone with information is asked to call the York Regional Police – #4 District Criminal Investigation Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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