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Suspect in reported sexual assault on Winnipeg bus turns himself in

A Winnipeg police vehicle. Shane Gibson/Global News

A Winnipeg man suspected in a sexual assault on a transit bus has turned himself in, police say.

The incident took place on the morning of June 17 on a St. Vital-area bus. A 19-year-old Winnipeg woman told police she had been riding the bus around 11:15 a.m. when an unknown man sat beside her and touched her lower body inappropriately.

The man followed her off the bus but then went in another direction.

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Police later released surveillance footage of the suspect, and a 47-year-old man turned himself in Wednesday and was arrested without incident, police said.

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He has been charged with sexual assault.

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