Suspect sought after woman assaulted in Toronto

Police are seeking to locate a man wanted in connection with an assault investigation in Toronto.

Toronto police said on April 20 at 8:30 p.m., officers received a report of an assault in the Eglinton Avenue East and Laird Drive area.

Officers said a man approached a woman near a parked vehicle.

Police allege the man then assaulted the woman before fleeing the area.

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Officers are searching for 24-year-old Samuel Wincenty of no fixed address.

Wincenty is wanted for threatening death, three counts of assault, theft, uttering threats and failing to comply with a release order.

He is a man in his 20s, standing five-feet-nine-inches tall and weighing around 160 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.