A 15-year-old in Sault Ste. Marie has been charged with sexual assault in a case involving a person under 16 who was touched without their consent. Police responded to a sexual assault report around 6 p.m. Oct. 23. “An investigation revealed the accused had sexually assaulted a victim -- also a youth -- by touching them without their consent while touching themself in a sexual manner,” Sault police said in a news release Oct. 26. “The victim and accused are known to one another. The accused was arrested.” The youth was charged with sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age and held in custody pending a bail hearing.
