Halifax police say a 21-year-old Walmart employee has been charged, after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted at the Mumford Road store.
Police received a report of the assault on July 15 — two days after the incident.
In a news release issued on Thursday, Halifax Regional Police say an employee, who was not working at the time, identified himself as a loss prevention officer and “touched a woman who was not known to him in a sexual manner.”
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Smit Vasantbhai Lanagariya, 21, is facing one count of sexual assault and will be appearing in Halifax Provincial Court.
No other details were provided in the release issued by police.
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