6 women groped in similar sex assaults: Winnipeg police
Posted October 1, 2024 1:30 pm.
Winnipeg police are investigating similar reports of women being groped from behind by a unknown man.
The Winnipeg Police Service says six women reported the sexual assaults, which took place between Sept. 25-28.
Police say the suspect groped the women before running away.
Investigators are working to get a surveillance image of the suspect, who is described as between five-foot-four to five-foot-eight with a thin build. He wears a hoodie and possibly has eyeglasses.
The WPS says the incidents happened in the first 100 block of Balmoral Street; on Main Street and Assiniboine Avenue; on Ellice Avenue and Hargrave Street; in the first 100 block of Edmonton Street; and on Granite Way and Osborne Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 204-986-6245 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers 204-786-TIPS.
