Man arrested in violent sexual assaults in Durham Region
Posted January 9, 2025 4:25 pm.
Last Updated January 10, 2025 4:00 pm.
Durham police charged a 28-year-old man in connection to a violent sexual assault in Oshawa and another sexual assault in Ajax.
Officers were called to an apartment complex in the St. Lawrence Street and Simcoe Street South area just after 11 p.m. Wednesday.
A man armed with a knife allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the lobby of the building. Both the suspect and victim left the area before police arrived.
Officers later found the victim a short distance away suffering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Around 1 p.m. Thursday, it’s alleged the suspect sexually assaulted a second victim in the Harwood Avenue South and Hunt Street area in Ajax.
On Friday, Evan Derek Sweet was arrested by Peterborough police. Sweet was then transferred to Durham police custody
Sweet, of no fixed address, has been charged with robbery, two counts of sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm and forcible confinement.
He has been held for a bail hearing.
