Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Sep, 2023 11:57 AM
R-C-M-P in Coquitlam say a man has been charged following an attack on a woman walking along a popular urban trail in that Metro Vancouver city.
Police say a 32-year-old man was charged with separate counts of assault with a weapon and assault by choking related to the September 7th attack.
Court records show the suspect is well known to police in Port Coquitlam and he remains in custody awaiting his next court date on September 28th.
Police praise both the victim for fighting back and the witnesses who rushed to help her, saying all those actions likely prevented further injury to the woman.
Police say they found a vehicle last Friday that had been reported as stolen the day before. Inside, officers found a Panasonic Toughbook, two laptops, a metal detector, three satellite phones, a Sony P-S Vita and a cellphone.
Between April 27th and 29th, four women reported being sexually assaulted while walking through neighbourhoods around B-C Place and Rogers Arena. Police released a photo of a suspect yesterday and, following a tip from the public, a man was arrested in East Vancouver this morning.
Vancouver city council has approved changes to zoning in select areas of the Cambie Street corridor that it says will make it easier and faster to build up to 16-hundred townhouses. This change will allow applicants to proceed directly to a development permit application for townhouses in the approved areas.
The 58-year-old male suspect has been released on conditions, including no contact with the victim and not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16-year-old without another adult present. The suspect is an employee at the temple, and the employer has been advised of the allegations and the conditions of his release.
British Columbians need to be ready for a startling tone on their cellphones when a test of the national emergency alert system is blared out this afternoon. The alert will go to all compatible cellphones and will interrupt radio and television broadcasts at 1:55 p-m Pacific time.
The Township of Langley says it wants its own RCMP detachment and plans to stop sharing policing resources with the City of Langley. The township's council voted to begin the process, which the mayor says could take up to four years.
