A Winnipeg man is charged with forcing two teenage girls into a bedroom while armed with a syringe and sexually assaulting them.
The incident happened in the St. John’s neighbourhood at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Police had already been sent to the area after another incident at about 5:20 p.m.
The Winnipeg Police Service said at a news conference Monday that a mother and her two children were in their yard when a man across the street started watching them. The mother felt uneasy, took her children inside and locked the doors. Police said the man tried to break into the home and was scared off by another person in the home. Police were called.
(John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
The man went to an apartment building nearby, where he allegedly entered a suite and confronted the two teen victims.
“They were forced into a bedroom, where he threatened to kill them and physically and sexually assaulted them. The male passed out, and the victims called 911 for help,” the WPS said in a new release.
A suspect was arrested at the scene. The victims were taken to hospital for medical attention.
Police said the same man was responsible for both incidents.
Alfred Colin Muskego, 49, has been charged with two counts each of sexual assault, assault and uttering threats and single counts of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, breaking and entering to commit a sexual assault and breaking and entering
He was detained in custody.
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