Nova Scotia RCMP say a 55-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault and other offences after an incident at a motel in Lower Truro.
Police say the incident was reported to police on July 25. Police say the investigation led them to determine that the man sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman.
On Thursday, police executed a search warrant at a motel on Truro Heights Road as part of a separate investigation “relating to a breach of conditions involving the use of the internet,” read a media release from the police.
RCMP officers arrested Gerald Paul Ward, and seized computers and other electronic devices.
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Ward, from Lower Truro, was charged with sexual assault and obtaining sexual services for consideration.
He was also charged with failure to comply with a prohibition order and conditions of a release order.
Ward remains in custody and is set to appear in Truro Provincial Court on Oct. 26.
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