70-year-old man arrested and charged with sexual assault of a minor

A 70-year-old man was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a minor.

Earlier this month, the Windsor Police Amherstburg Detachment began an investigation after receiving a report of a historic sexual assault.

Through the investigation, officers learned that a 12-year-old victim had allegedly been assaulted by an adult male relative over a four-year period.

The 70-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, May 9th in Amherstburg.

The suspect, whose name cannot be revealed to protect the victim’s identity, is accused of three counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual harassment, three counts of solicitation of sexual touching, and two counts of incest, assault and extortion.