Police made an arrest on Saturday in connection with a string of sexual assaults in the Bloor-Christie area of Toronto. (Trevor Dunn/CBC) A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a string of sexual assaults in Toronto's Bloor and Christie area, where female pedestrians were attacked from behind as they walked at night.
Toronto police say the teen — who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — was arrested at around 11 p.m. ET Saturday in the area of Bloor Street West and Roxton Road, at the scene of another alleged sexual assault.
He faces 14 counts of sexual assault and two counts of criminal harassment.
The more than a dozen assaults date back to the summer.
"We believe we have the person responsible for these assaults," said police Chief Bill Blair, who was at a Monday news conference to announce the charges.
Reporting from Monday's news conference, CBC's Trevor Dunn said the room was full of officers who had taken part in the investigation.
"Police won't say if it was a sting operation, but they do say female officers were risking their safety during the investigation," Dunn reported.
The accused is due to appear in court on Monday. Blair said the investigation remains open and encouraged anyone with information about the assaults to contact police.
Assaults prompt rally
Three almost identical assaults occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend. They were reported on Grace Street near Bloor Street West and two within five minutes on Montrose Avenue near College Street.
At the time, police could not confirm whether the Thanksgiving weekend attacks were connected to a series of similar assaults dating back to the summer. In total, 13 such assaults have been reported.
The attacks prompted hundreds of people to take part in September rally to symbolically take back the area around Christie Pits Park.
"After the initial shock of some of the assaults, what's happened is it's actually really galvanized the community," local Coun. Mike Layton said on CBC's Metro Morning on Monday.
"Immediately following the first round of announcements of them, it brought people out onto the street and people taking back the street, and [had them] saying, 'You know what? We're not going to have this in our community.'"
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