Police stop sex assault in progress
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Police officers stopped a sexual assault in progress on Stanley Street on Wednesday evening.
A member of the public called 911 after they spotted a suspect assaulting a woman shortly after 7 p.m. on the 300 block of Stanley, the Winnipeg Police Service said.
Patrol officers responded almost immediately and found a suspect in the process of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman just after 7:10 p.m.
Police took the suspect into custody, while paramedics took the woman to hospital in stable condition.
Harley Aaron Okemow, 34, is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm.
He’s a high-risk sex offender who was under monitoring by the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offenders Unit, a joint force of city police and RCMP.