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Man waited for group of young people outside Toronto restaurant, took his clothes off, police say

The right side of a Toronto police vehicle is seen in this file photo. Isaac Callan/Global News

Police have arrested a man after he reportedly harassed a group of young people through an indecent act.

Toronto police said that a group of young people were followed in the Yonge Street and Drewry Avenue area around noon on Wednesday.

It is alleged a man waited for the group outside a restaurant and then took off his clothes. When they left the restaurant he chased them, police said.

Read more: Women sexually assaulted at Woodbine Casino in Toronto: police

Toronto police said he sexually assaulted a girl in the group and fled the area.

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The man — who police named as Wesley Graham Nyarko, a 27-year-old of no fixed address — was charged with sexual assault, an indecent act and criminal harassment.

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Wesley Graham Nyarko, 27, was arrested by Toronto police. TPS / Handout

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