NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have charged a 52-year-old man in connection with the sexual assault of an 82-year-old woman in long-term care in the City of Richmond Hill.
On Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, officers were called to a long-term care facility on Trench Street in the City of Richmond Hill for a report of a sexual assault. Officers received information that a staff member witnessed a worker kissing an 82-year-old woman against her will.
Officers arrested a 52-year-old man who works as a recreational co-ordinator in the long-term care facility.
Investigators want to ensure that there are no further victims and are asking anyone with information to please come forward.
Charged:
• Duane Doucet, 52, of the City of Vaughan
Charge:
• Sexual assault
The accused will be appearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on Nov. 18, 2020.
A sexual assault includes any non-consensual contact of a sexual nature. York Regional Police would like to encourage anyone who feels they may have been a victim of a sexual assault to come forward and report the incident to police. There is no statute of limitations for sexual offences and offenders can be prosecuted well after the date of the offence.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about this matter is asked to contact the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigation Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7241, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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