N.S. man who sexually assaulted child arrested in Manitoba

A Nova Scotia man convicted ofsexually assaulting a child has beensentenced to nine years in prisonfollowing his arrest last month near the U.S. border in Manitoba.

In April, investigators with theWinkler Police Service inWinkler, Man. a city about 20 kilometres north of the U.S. borderreceived information that there were two hitchhikers in the areaand that one was from Nova Scotia.

The previous day, officers in that city had located a vehicle that hadbeen reported stolenin Nova Scotia. The vehicle wasalso associated with a wanted Nova Scotia man.

The RCMP say the hitchhiker wasquickly located, identified and arrested.

Police believed the man was attempting to cross into the U.S. based on information and evidence they have gathered.

Two Nova Scotia Mounties flew toManitoba and brought the man back to Nova Scotia.

Man facing more charges

The sexual assault charges dated back to 2020. Theman from Colchester County was also charged with motor vehicle theft and failure to comply with an undertaking.

He recently appeared in Truro provincial court and was sentenced tomore than nine years in prison for the sexual assaults andfailure to comply with an undertaking.

He'll appear in court again later this month inrelation to the motor vehicle theft.

In an interview, Nova Scotia RCMPCpl. Guillaume Tremblaycommended the Manitoba police officers for their work in identifying and locatingthe man, saying they were "at the top of their game."

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