Stranger Assault

• Photos released of suspect in ‘unprovoked’ assault in Victoria

  The reported assault happened around 11 p.m. on Nov. 22, 223, near the intersection of Kings Road and Fifth Street, according to police.

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  Feb 22
  
• Man charged in attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor in Vancouver

  Kenyon Thomas Lavallee, 27, is accused of two counts of assault.

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  Feb 3
  
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• Burnaby RCMP seek accused hair-puller in alleged Metrotown assault

  Police are looking to identify a woman accused of hitting a stranger then grabbing her hair and pulling her to the ground near the Metrotown bus loop on Friday.

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  Nov 10, 2023
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• Coquitlam stranger assault suspect charged, police seek more potential victims

  Pouria Sahragard has been charged with assault with a weapon and assault by choking. He remains in police custody.

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  Sep 23, 2023
• Police arrest man after 4 assaults in 45 minutes in Vancouver

  Weapons allegedly involved include a brick and a chain. Vancouver police believe the same man is responsible for all four incidents in the South Granville and Fairview areas.

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  Sep 15, 2023
• B.C. stranger assault suspect arrested after victim fights back, bystanders intervene

  Police say the victim fought back against her alleged attacker and was joined by multiple bystanders, one of whom followed the suspect before he was arrested.

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  Sep 8, 2023
• ‘Unprovoked stabbing’ in Vancouver sends New Zealand tourist to hospital

  Vancouver police say a man remains at large after allegedly stabbing a tourist from New Zealand in an unprovoked attack downtown Wednesday evening.

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  Jul 13, 2023
• RCMP seek witnesses after 85-year-old punched in the face in Coquitlam park

  Police say they are looking for witnesses after a man walking two dogs let them run toward an 85-year-old man, then approached the victim himself and punched him in the face.

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  Jun 7, 2023
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• Warrant issued for man accused of shoving 93-year-old in Vancouver’s Chinatown

  Police said the victim, a long-time neighbourhood resident, was walking to a bakery when he was pushed to the ground by a stranger and suffered a broken hip.

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  Feb 17, 2023
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• Vernon woman assaulted by stranger looking for money in apartment elevator

  RCMP said that shortly after 11 p.m. Dec. 23 a woman inside an elevator at a residential building in the 3300 block of 35th Avenue was approached by an unknown man.

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  Dec 28, 2022