Police seeking suspect after woman sexually assaulted in Queen West area

TORONTO — Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was sexually assaulted in Toronto’s Queen Street West neighbourhood on Friday.

Police said a woman was walking in the Denison Avenue and Queen Street West area at about 2:30 a.m. when she was approached by a man on a bicycle.

The man talked to the girl for a period of time when police said the two left the area and the woman was sexually assaulted.

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The suspect is described by police as a white man in his 20s-to-early-30s standing 5’11” and weighing about 150 pounds with a medium build and short salt-and-pepper hair.

Police said he was wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt, grey pants, red high-top running shoes and a green shoulder bag.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at http://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 the Toronto Police Sex Crimes website.