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Kitchener man, 71, faces sexual assault charges after Forest Heights break-in

Waterloo Regional Police Service cruisers behind the Kitchener station. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Waterloo Regional Police arrested a 71-year-old Kitchener man in connection with a sexual assault that was reported at a home in the Forest Hill neighbourhood early Thursday.

According to police, a sexual assault was reported at a home near Forest Hill Drive and Westmount Road at around 1:30 a.m.

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They say that a stranger broke into the home and sexually assaulted a woman.

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Police say the victim was not injured as a result of the attack.

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A man from Kitchener has been charged with sexual assault and breaking and entering to commit a sexual assault.

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