Manitoulin taxi driver charged in sexual assault complaints

SHEGUIANDAH–On September 29 at 4:30 am, Manitoulin OPP were notified of a sexual assault complaint involving a 19-year-old female. The allegation was that the young woman was being transported by a male taxi driver when the alleged assault took place. Upon investigation, police learned that another young woman, a 24-year-old, came forward with a similar allegation of sexual assault by the same male while being transported in his taxi. After further investigation the man was located and arrested. He was employed by a local taxi service at the time of the alleged offences. He is no longer employed by the taxi service.

The man has been identified as a 70-year-old of Sheguiandah. He has been charged with two counts of sexual assault Section 271 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.

The accused was released on a promise to appear on an undertaking with conditions and will be appearing in Gore Bay Criminal Court on Monday, October 29.

Police are asking the public for assistance. If they have any information about this individual they are asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

poole

if this is who i think it is it is about time its been going on for many many years
- jd
  
  ya it is
- samljer22
  
  And youve said kept it to yourself this long; shame shame.
kiki

“Big shocker!” :O I’m sure a lot of females that have utilized the taxi service any time of day know exactly who this is. hint: starts with an “s” and ends in icko.
Thanks for coming forward who ever you’s are.
http://www.facebook.com/christianna.jones.5 Christianna Jones

I say great for these women that stood up for themselves and were not afraid to bring this forward. There is no shame in speaking the truth. Maybe you will give other women the courage to speak up because he has probably done it to others.
Angry Islander

how come his name isnt in there?
islander

if this is the cab driver im thinking of; he’s been complained about before to the owner. by a few female passengers..the owner’s response: “im not doing trips to “your town” because there’s too many complainers!” instead of being concerned for his patrons he is more concerned that his drivers are getting a bad rap! what a shame!
former islander

it saddens me to read the comments below, if so many new about this taxi drivers behaviour than why is it just getting reported to the police now?