North Vancouver RCMP have arrested a man they allege committed two random assaults on Christmas Day, then an arson days later.
Police say the suspect was also breaching conditions of a release order from a previous incident in 2023.
“He is a dangerous person, that is why we have recommended he be held in custody until his trial date,” North Vancouver RCMP Const. Mansoor Sahak said.
“These assaults that occurred, they were random.”
Police allege the first assault happened shortly after 3 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2024 in the 100 block of Bewicke Avenue, when police say a 38-year-old woman confronted a man damaging a parked vehicle.
Police say the man assaulted her, then fled before officers arrived. She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
About half an hour later, police allege the same man punched a woman from behind at the Shipyards Christmas Market, then assaulted her son.
Again, the suspect fled before police arrived. Police say the woman was treated by paramedics at the scene.
Then, around 6 a.m. on Dec. 29, police allege the same man set a fire at the front door of a unit in an apartment building in the 100 block of East Keith Road. Fire crews put it out before it caused serious damage, but several people were displaced, RCMP said.
The suspect was arrested the same day.
Jeremy Lariviere of Vancouver has now been charged with assault causing bodily harm, two counts of assault, four counts of mischief and one count of arson.
He remains in police custody and is due in court on Thursday.
Anyone with information or video that could help the investigation, particularly witnesses from the Shipyards incident, is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.