Police have arrested a 13-year-old in connection with several sexual assaults in North York.

On September 26, a 20-year-old woman was walking in the Don Mills Road and Leith Hill Road, near Fairview Mall, when she was approached from behind and sexually assaulted.

Three days later, a 37-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted in the area of Trailside Drive and Lescon Road.

Then on October 18, an 18-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted in the Leith Hill Road and Shaughnessy Boulevard area.

The three assaults all occurred within the same general vicinity of each other.

Police say a suspect was arrested November 3 and charged with three counts of sexual assault. He cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.