Requesting assistance to identify individual involved in an assault in the New Sudbury area

We are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the individual (images attached) responsible for an assault on March 26, 2026, at a retail store in the New Sudbury area.

Around 1:40 p.m. the individual was seen following two females (18- and 16-years-old) through the aisles of the store when he approached them and assaulted one of them.

The individual then fled the store prior to the females alerting staff.

The incident was later reported to police.

The individuals are not known to each other.

It is possible that the individual responsible for the assault may be a young person (under the age of 18), therefore detectives have applied for and been granted permission to release the images pursuant to a judge’s order under Section 110, subsection 4, of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). The authority to publish a young person's identity ceases after five days or with the apprehension of the young person. The images will be removed from all publications as of 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, as per the judge’s order. This is a legislative requirement and shall be adhered to as it is a matter of federal law.

Anyone with information related to the identity of the individual is asked to contact the Greater Sudbury Police Service Major Crime Unit at 705-675-9171 extension 2338.