Police seek assistance with Sexual Assault investigation, Composite sketch of suspect released

Police seek assistance with Sexual Assault investigation, Composite sketch of suspect released

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 3:26 PM
51 Division:  416-808-7474

The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance with a Sexual Assault investigation.

It is reported that:
- on Monday, March 2, 2015, during the evening hours, a 39-year-old woman attended a bar in the Church Street and Wellesley Street area and began to feel ill
- between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., the woman flagged down a Beck taxi and was driven to the Yonge Street and Wellesley Street East area
- the woman got out of the taxi at this location and flagged down another Beck taxi
- she got into the second Beck taxi, when a unknown man approached the woman
- the unknown man entered the Beck taxi that drove her home
- the unknown man sexually assaulted the woman, took her property, and fled

The man is described as white, approximately 5'7" - 5'9", 160 lbs., average build. He was last seen wearing a brown jacket and blue T-shirt. The man was observed smoking.

Police are requesting any Beck taxi driver who recalls taking this woman to Yonge Street and Wellesley Street East or any member of the public with information to come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7474, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS(8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook.

A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault, please visit our Sex Crimes website.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Detective Constable Grisel Fitkin, Sex Crimes

Composite sketch of Sexual Assault suspect