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“We were ready, as always, to go to any length to find such offenders, hold them accountable and stop future assaults from happening,” said Vancouver Police Supt. Mike Porteous.

Vaughan Englot, 32, is charged with three sexual assaults in North Vancouver and Vancouver on Jan. 12, 15 and 19.

Michal Popek, 36, is charged with four sexual assaults and one count of break and enter in Vancouver and Burnaby on Feb. 18, March 6 and 26 and April 9.

Jason Anthony White (also known as Jason Eugene Rindero), 45, is charged with assault causing bodily harm, break and enter and breaching a long-term supervision order in connection with an April 7 incident in Vancouver.

White is a high-risk sex offender who is subject to a long-term supervision order. He was arrested early last month on the University of B.C. Campus.

A youth, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with two sexual assaults, one assault and two indecent acts that took place on March 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Vancouver.

The arrests of David Tucker, 28, and Yuan Zhi Gao, 23, were announced last week, in connection with an incident on April 30 in the jurisdiction of the University RCMP detachment. Tucker is charged with three counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm, three counts of robbery, three counts of forcible confinement, break and enter and disguising his face with the intent to commit an offence. Gao is charged with break and enter with intent to commit sexual assault.

In all but one of the incidents, the assaults were committed by an individual. The women did not know their attackers.

RCMP Chief Supt. Jodie Boudreau said police have a number of open files that are still under investigation and anyone with information about an assault should contact their local police department.

“Our message should be loud and clear: ‘Those who prey on others will be held accountable,’” she said.

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