{"id":802243,"date":"2026-07-14T22:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802243\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:41:10","slug":"young-male-charged-with-sex-assault-in-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802243\/","title":{"rendered":"Young male charged with sex assault in Mississauga\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A male youth has been charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident nearly two months ago near the City Centre area of Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators with the Peel Regional Police special victims unit made an arrest on June 30, police said in a news release issued on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>On May 20 at around 8:30 p.m., police received a report that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/female-sexually-assaulted-leads-to-search-for-suspect-in-mississauga-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">female had been approached by an unknown male<\/a> and allegedly sexually assaulted that night in the area of Constellation Drive and Sunray Drive, near Mavis Road and Eglinton Avenue West, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was able to get away from her attacker and flee the scene, according to police, who added she didn\u2019t suffer any physical injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The age of the victim has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators later said they believed the suspect they were looking for had last been seen boarding a MiWay transit bus that was headed toward the City Centre Transit Terminal next to Square One from the area of the assault.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent police investigation that included the releasing of surveillance images to the public led to the late-June arrest.<\/p>\n<p>A male youth faces a charge of sexual assault. Police didn\u2019t reveal the age of the accused, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, nor did they say if he\u2019s from Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the incident, or any additional victims, are asked to call police at 905-453-2121, ext. 3460, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-825059\" class=\"wp-image-825059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Constellation-and-Sunray-in-Mississauga-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"997\" height=\"759\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-825059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map shows general area of the May 20 sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 44,224 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,430,321 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    955 VOTES<br \/>\n    Will you vote for Bonnie Crombie for Mississauga mayor?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A male youth has been charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident nearly two months ago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-802243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802243","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=802243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}