15-year-old accused of attracting and sexually assaulting a young victim – New Brunswick | The Canadian News

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy and other crimes, Kennebecasis Regional Police said.

In a statement, police said that on September 28, a 13-year-old “vulnerable youth” returned to his home in the Parkside Drive area of ​​Quispamsis, and reported being approached by a stranger, who lured the victim to a isolated area and sexually assaulted the victim.

Police did not identify the gender of the victim.

Following the report, police immediately began a search of the area and found and arrested the suspect in a nearby wooded area.

The suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was arrested and charged with sexual assault, battery, making threats, and failure to comply with a juvenile court order.

Police said the young man appeared in Saint John’s Juvenile Court on October 7 and waived a bond hearing.

The suspect has also been sent for a 30-day evaluation and will appear again in Juvenile Court on November 3.

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