York Regional Police have charged Sina Shafti-Keramat, 25, of Toronto after two sexual assaults occurred at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket.
On July 5, York Regional Police responded to the mall at Yonge Street and Davis Drive for a report of a sexual assault against an 11-year-old girl.
A male suspect followed the victim and then touched her in a sexual manner, police said.
On July 7, police were called back to the mall after the security staff recognized the suspect, who was taken into custody, according to a news release from York Regional Police.
Police said that through the investigation, they located a second victim, 15, who was touched in a sexual manner while at the mall on June 16.
Shafti-Keramat is charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference - person under 16, police said.
He has also been charged with two counts of fail to comply with judicial release order related to prior offences, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com.
