York Regional Police have released photos and video of a suspect wanted in a string of sexual assaults near Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket.

According to police, the most recent incident occurred on Dec. 22 at approximately 7 p.m. when a 59-year-old woman was walking to her car in the south lot of the mall. The man apparently followed the woman to her car and hit her on the buttocks before running south towards Davis Drive.

The images and video released by police are from that incident.

The suspect is wanted in connection with four other similar sexual assaults in the area that occurred on Aug. 18, Sept. 25 and two incidents on Sept. 8.

A video of the suspect was also released on Oct. 14.

The man is described as white, approximately 18-to-25 years old, five-foot-five to five-foot-seven tall, and 125 to 130 pounds. In the most recent incident, he was wearing a blue jacket, camouflage pants, a black leather baseball hat and running shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call York Regional Police at 1-866-876-5423 extension 7071 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.