Suspect in Vancouver sexual assaults arrested

A joint Vancouver Police Department and Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation has led to the arrest of Bryce Michael Flores-Bebington for two alleged sexual assaults, the VPD announced on Thursday.

At 7:30 p.m. on July 6, a 24-year-old woman reported she had been sexually assaulted while on the escalator at the Granville SkyTrain Station by a suspect who ran away. The investigation was completed by Metro Vancouver Transit Police.

A second incident occurred the following day on West Broadway at Ash Street. Just before 2 p.m. a 38-year-old woman was sexually assaulted.

Flores-Bebington, 19, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and was arrested on Thursday morning by the VPD. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court today (Thursday).