{"id":802041,"date":"2026-07-14T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802041\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:36:09","slug":"woman-dragged-off-path-and-sexually-assaulted-in-whitby-police-cp24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802041\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dragged off path and sexually assaulted in Whitby: police \u2013 CP24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durham Regional Police say they are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an alleged \u201cviolent\u201d sexual assault in a Whitby park Monday night.<\/p>\n

According to police<\/a>, officers were called to Iroquois Beach Park, in the area of Gordon Street and the Waterfront Trail, after receiving reports that a woman had been sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n

The victim was walking along the beach after leaving the park when police allege the suspect dragged her off the path into a tree-lined area, where he then threatened and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

The victim managed to flee the area to a nearby street, where she flagged down a motorist to contact police. She was then taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

Police say the suspect fled the scene before officers arrived. Police conducted a search using K9 units and drone surveillance, but the suspect managed to evade arrest.<\/p>\n

Police provided a description of the suspect. He is described as a Black man with shoulder-length cornrow-style hair and was last seen wearing all-black clothing.<\/p>\n

Police are asking anyone with cellphone, dashcam or surveillance footage, or any information regarding the incident, to contact D\/Cst. Jiggins of the Special Victims Unit at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5312.<\/p>\n

Anonymous information can also be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online.<\/p>\n

Police said tipsters \u201cmay be eligible for a cash reward\u201d in exchange for information.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling with sexual assault or trauma, the following resources are available to support people in crisis:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Durham Regional Police say they are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an alleged \u201cviolent\u201d sexual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-802041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802041","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=802041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}