(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)
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Oxford OPP charge man with sexual assault of a minor

Some charges have been laid against a Peel Region man relating to an alleged sexual assault of a minor.

According to investigators, Ontario Provincial Police in Oxford County were contacted on March 27 by a parent in Tillsonburg, who found their child with an unknown man. Police say the youth and the accused met online and agreed to meet in person.

As a result, a 23-year-old man from Mississauga faces nearly a dozen charges, including sexual assault of a person under 16, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching on someone under 16, and luring of a person under 14 through telecommunication.

The man is also charged with distributing cannabis to an individual under 18, failure or refusal to comply with a demand, and driving while suspended.

He is scheduled to appear in a Woodstock courtroom at a later date.

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