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VPD arrests suspect in two sexual assaults

Darpan News Desk Vancouver Police, 13 Oct, 2022 03:52 PM

A joint VPD and Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation has led to the arrest of Bryce Michael Flores-Bebington for two alleged sexual assaults.

At 7:30 p.m. on July 6, a 24-year-old woman reported she had been sexually assaulted while on the escalator at the Granville SkyTrain Station by a suspect who ran away. The investigation was completed by Metro Vancouver Transit Police.

A second incident occurred the following day on West Broadway at Ash Street. Just before 2 p.m. a 38-year-old woman was sexually assaulted.

Bryce Michael Flores-Bebington, 19, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and was arrested this morning by the VPD. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court today.

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