

Chris Herhalt, CP24.com





Toronto police say a 25-year-old man faces numerous charges after a woman was sexually assaulted in the stairwell of her St. James Town apartment building earlier this month.

Det. Sgt. Joanne Rudnick said that at 10:30 p.m. on April 9, a man followed the 52-year-old victim into the elevator of an apartment building in the area of Howard and Parliament streets.

Rudnick alleges the man drew a handgun inside the elevator and ordered the victim to follow him into a nearby stairwell.

The victim was allegedly sexually assaulted in the stairwell of the building.

Rudnick said a man was observed leaving the building through its front lobby.

On April 19, police were in the area of Bloor Street East and Parliament Street when they saw a man fitting the description of the suspect in the alleged assault.

They approached the suspect and arrested him after a brief conversation.

Kyle Michael Junior Young, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with several offences including sex assault with a firearm, pointing a firearm, uttering threats and carrying a concealed weapon.

He is expected to appear in court at College Park sometime today for a bail hearing.

Rudnick said several facts of this case, including the fact that the suspect and the alleged victim did not know each other, suggests there may be other victims who have not yet come forward to investigators.

Junior-Young is known to frequent downtown Toronto and was previously known to police, Rudnick said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact sex crimes investigators at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).