{"id":817893,"date":"2026-07-22T05:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817893\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:01:51","slug":"eps-shares-cctv-images-police-sketch-of-south-edmonton-sex-assault-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817893\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS shares CCTV images, police sketch of south Edmonton sex assault suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton police are trying to identify a man in connection with a sexual assault that took place earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service says on April 18 at 11:40 p.m., a man grabbed a woman and \u201ctouched her in a sexual manner without her consent\u201d while she walked from a business plaza on Saddleback Road and 27 Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the same suspect was seen in the business plaza on April 27 and later entering a home on Saddleback Road and 112 Street.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as having a heavy build, facial hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a black and blue jacket, a black hat, dark pants and black and white shoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sex-assault-suspect-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750818\"  \/>Still image from surveillance footage of a sex assault suspect in Edmonton. (Courtesy: Edmonton Police Service)<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police have released CCTV footage and a composite sketch of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact 780-423-4567.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton police are trying to identify a man in connection with a sexual assault that took place earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-817893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817893","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=817893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}