Milton man charged following hate-motivated incident in Kitchener

Regional police have arrested a man from Milton in connection to a hate-motivated incident that occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.

At roughly 12:10 a.m. police received calls of a disturbance near Wellington Street South in Kitchener.

A takeout order was taken which resulted in a man assaulting the victim and using hate-motivated speech.

The man then allegedly exposed himself to the victim before taking off. No physical injuries were reported from the incident.

Police were able to locate the suspect, a 36-year-old man, shortly after.

He’s been charged with theft under $5000 as well as indecent act.