A suspect wanted in connection with a groping incident on SkyTrain earlier this month has turned himself over to authorities.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police confirmed a 57-year-old Burnaby resident came forward Wednesday evening, hours after authorities released surveillance video of a suspect they believe to have groped a seven-year-old girl.
The alleged incident took place the evening of Feb. 2 after the young victim and her mother boarded a train at Commercial-Broadway Station in Vancouver.
Police said a man "made several comments to the girl that were extremely vulgar and sexual in nature," then allegedly touched her buttocks. The suspect eventually stepped off the train at Production Way-University Station in Burnaby after being confronted by a bystander.
The surveillance video released on Wednesday shows a man with grey hair and a Nike duffle bag entering Coquitlam Station earlier on the day of the incident.
Police said they are recommending one charge of sexual interference against the suspect, who is known to them. Authorities generally do not release suspect names until charges are laid.
The man has been released from custody on a promise to appear in court, but is under a number of conditions including that he stay away from the victim and her mother, avoid the SkyTrain and abstain from alcohol.
