A 46-year-old man has been arrested and charged with sexual assault after a student was attacked while she slept at her University of Manitoba student residence early Friday morning.
Winnipeg police said Friday a man entered the Arthur V. Mauro Residence on Dafoe Road, at the U of M’s south Winnipeg campus, and then broke into the victim’s room at 4:45 a.m., while she was asleep.
The woman fought off the intruder after he entered her room and physically assaulted her. She was treated for injuries and was in stable condition, police said on Friday afternoon.
They released images from security video showing the suspect in the attack and a description of the man.
Around 11 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a call from a person who spotted a man matching that description along the south strip of Pembina Highway, police said in a Saturday update.
They found him in the 1800 block of Pembina Highway, north of Abinoji Mikanah. He was arrested and turned him over to the police service’s sex crimes unit.
They say they’ve determined Garry Junior Edwards, 46, entered the residence building and broke into a secured area, and then into the victim’s room.
Edwards faces a number of charges, including sexual assault, robbery and several counts of breaking and entering, as well as a charge of attempting to overcome resistance by choking, suffocating or strangling a person.
The Winnipeg Police Service says anyone who has experienced sexual assault can access victim services at 204-986-6350 or through the Klinic sexual assault crisis line at 204-786-8631.