Sexual Assault Suspect Returns to Custody
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Earlier this month, Hamilton Police issued a warning about the release of sexual assault suspect Leikeze Cheruiyot.
On February 27, 2025, the Superior Court of Justice heard a bail review brought by the Crown. Following the review, the court revoked the 22-year-old’s bail and returned him to custody.
These were violent incidents that targeted vulnerable victims.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at approximately 9:30 am, a woman was walking in the area of Upper Paradise and Donnici Drive when she was approached by an unknown male and dragged off the trail into a wooded area. The victim was gagged and her wrists bound behind her back. The male proceeded to assault her, but was interrupted by witnesses walking by the area. The suspect fled on foot southbound towards Upper Paradise and was later seen on video in the area of Edgehill Drive.
On August 7, 2023, a 74-year-old female was alone in her residence on the West Mountain when an unknown male entered her residence and confronted her when she was sleeping. The male assaulted the victim for over an hour before leaving the residence on foot. Again, investigators were unable to identify the suspect.
In January 2024, forensic evidence enabled investigators to connect the 2022 and 2023 assaults to the same male suspect. Hamilton Police assembled a project team to identify and locate the offender.