A Toronto man was arrested Friday in connection with the sexual assault of a TTC employee while she was on the job in February.

At about noon on Feb. 27, a man using a wheelchair asked a TTC employee to assist him to the upper level elevator at Union Station, police report. Once the employee, a 34-year-old woman, entered the elevator, she was allegedly sexually assaulted.

It is unknown whether or not the man needs the wheelchair.

Police appealed to the public for help identifying the man Friday morning. The service issued a press release with security camera stills showing a man in a wheelchair wearing a hat, a zip-up hooded jacket, and one black Croc slip-on shoe.

This incident occurred just 10 days after the Canadian government amended the Criminal Code to require a judge to consider an assault on a public transit operator to be an “aggravating circumstance.” This means that people who assault public transit operators may find themselves facing harsher penalties.

This legislation does not cover employees working at collector stations.

Ismail Alsharifi, 50, faces one count of sexual assault and one count of fail to comply with probation order.

Alsharifi is set to appear in court at Old City Hall this Saturday.

The charge of sexual assault may be applied to any form of unwanted sexual contact, including grabbing, kissing, oral sex and penetration, said police in a statement Friday evening.

With files from Sidney Cohen.