A man is in police custody after he allegedly assaulted a woman in Winnipeg’s West End neighbourhood.
Police say the woman was walking in the area of Sargent Avenue and Toronto Street at around 8 a.m. Sept. 6 when the man approached her and struck up a conversation.
He suddenly forced her into a nearby house and tried to assault her, but she managed to run away. However, police say the man caught up to her and pulled her into a breezeway, where she was seriously sexually assaulted.
A passerby came upon the scene, which caused the suspect to flee.
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Officers were able to identify the suspect with the help of a business in the area.
Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Curtis Thomas has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and attempting to choke, suffocate, or strangle another person.
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The victim was treated in hospital but has since been released.
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