A man has been charged after spitting in a woman’s face as she pushed a baby in a stroller in downtown Victoria earlier this week.
According to Victoria police, officers witnessed the Tuesday assault while on routine patrol near the intersection of Quadra and Yale streets. They arrested the man and he remained in custody ahead of a court appearance.
- Family decries sentence for man convicted in fatal stabbing of teen on Surrey bus
- Video of execution-style shooting shown at trial for teen charged with 1st-degree murder
- Calgary police say one victim of Monday shooting was an innocent bystander
- Charges laid after Saskatchewan teen found injured, locked in motel: RCMP
“This suspect was arrested because of the quick actions of an officer doing routine patrols downtown,” said Const. Terri Healy in a Thursday news release.
“We will continue to do proactive police work in the downtown core and beyond to ensure people can feel safe in their community. We also thank the victim for coming forward and assisting with our investigation.”
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.