Teenager Charged in Sexual Assault

Monday, 21 April 2025 17:55

By Geoff Waterfield

Police say it happened on a bus between Niagara Falls and St. Catharines, in which a woman was assaulted

A 16-year old boy has been arrested in relation to a sexual assault that happened on a transit bus.

Police say a woman boarded the bus in Niagara Falls on Thursday, at around 7am, the bus was heading to St. Catharines.

Soon after they say she was sexually assaulted by an unknown male.

The woman got off the bus in St. Catharines, at around 7:40, and so did the suspect, who was seen running away.

The woman was not physically hurt.

Thanks to public assistance, police say they arrested the boy at a Niagara Falls home.

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