{"id":775844,"date":"2026-07-02T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775844\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:43:09","slug":"man-sought-in-connection-with-sexual-assaults-on-montreal-public-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775844\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sought in connection with sexual assaults on Montreal public transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montreal police are searching for a suspect and possible victims in connection with a series of sexual assaults on the city\u2019s public transit system.<\/p>\n

The four incidents occurred at Peel, Honor\u00e9-Beaugrand and St-Michel m\u00e9tro stations, and the STM\u2019s 33 bus in the spring of 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the victims were using public transit, either on buses or the m\u00e9tro, the suspect would sit or stand near them and discreetly touch their thighs or buttocks. In one of the incidents that occurred in 2026, he also allegedly followed a minor victim,\u201d police said in a statement issued Thursday.<\/p>\n

Police have released images of the suspect to the public in hopes of identifying him.<\/p>\n

The man is described as having black hair and a black beard and is believed to be in his 30s. He is approximately five feet, nine inches tall.<\/p>\n

He was reportedly seen wearing a dark toque, a red backpack, a beige or dark blue jacket, a black-hooded sweatshirt, jeans and ochre shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also possible to make an anonymous and confidential tip to Info-Crime Montreal at 514-393-1133 or online<\/a>. Info-Crime Montreal is offering rewards of up to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspects. Certain conditions apply,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

Anyone who has information, who may have been a victim or knows someone who may have been a victim is asked to contact 911, Info-Crime, their local police station or the SPVM\u2019s sexual assault division at 514-280-8502. <\/p>\n

Given the fact there are multiple victims, police say that a serial-crime investigation team that is led by the S\u00fbr\u00e9te du Qu\u00e9bec and allows different police forces to pool resources is involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal police are searching for a suspect and possible victims in connection with a series of sexual assaults…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-775844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}