38-year-old man arrested after alleged sexual abuse of a minor child

A 38-year-old man faces several charges for luring an underage child to a meeting and then sexually abusing him.

According to Toronto police, on June 11, the man posed as a 17-year-old and used the social media platform Snapchat to communicate with a child under the age of 16.

Investigators believe the man, aware of the child’s age, met with them and sexually abused them.

Fathi Rashid, 38, of Toronto, was arrested in the area of ​​Dufferin Street and King Street West and charged with enticement of a child, sexual assault, sexual battery, solicitation of sexual touching, indecent conduct with a person under 16 years of age and failure to comply with a release order.

According to police, Rashid used the usernames “savag3love666” and “ydk.lov33” on Snapchat and believes there may be more victims.