UPDATE:

As a result of the investigation, a 44 year old man has been identified, arrested and charged with sexual assault in relation to this matter.

He will appear in Court on April 6, 2022 to answer to the charge.

His name cannot be released as it has not yet been sworn to through the court process.

This is believed to be an isolated incident.

We would like to thank the Public for your assistance with this matter.

ORIGINAL

Greater Sudbury Police are investigating a sexual assault that happened over the weekend at the New Sudbury Centre.

On January 29, 2022, officers were called when a man entered one of the stores in the mall, walked up to an employee of the store and inappropriately touched her while making a sexually explicit comment.

The man then left the store.

No further details regarding the Survivor will be provided in order to protect her identity.

The man is described as being between 35-40 years old, approximately 5’5” tall, around 200 lbs., with red hair and a beard.

Anyone with information related to the identity of this man is asked to contact our Criminal Investigation Division at 705-675-9171 extension 6714 or Crime Stoppers at 705- 222-TIPS, online at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com