Peel Regional police have charged a 55-year-old youth hockey coach from Brampton with sexual assault and criminal harassment.

He was arrested on December 3 after a young victim came forward to the police and reported incidents of inappropriate text messages, police said in a news release.

The victim claims that the incidents began early 2018 and were continuing, police say.

The man was a hockey coach for a youth hockey team and has also coached youth baseball in Brampton, police say.

Police believe there may be additional victims.

Police are asking anyone who has had contact with the suspect and who believes he or she has been a victim of a criminal offence to contact the officers from the Peel Regional Police Special Victims Unit.

Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at the Special Victims Unit at 905-453-2121, or anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Eduart Pacheco, 55, of Brampton, appeared in court on 4 December. He was charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, and criminal harassment.

Abhya Adlakha is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @AbhyaAdlakha

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