In Brief

MAN, 50, ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TEEN A 50-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Winnipeg home has been arrested. Winnipeg Police Service sex crimes investigators were alerted to the alleged assault in September. Detectives determined that the man and the teen had met at a gathering at a home in southwestern Winnipeg and the man later invited the youth to his home, where the youth was sexually and physically assaulted, police say. Police have not revealed the youth’s gender or age. The man was arrested last week. The 50-year-old, whose name has not been released, faces charges of sexual assault and assault. He was released by police on an undertaking ahead of a court date.

MAN FACES DRUG, GUN CHARGES AFTER BEVERLEY STREET RAID A 40-year-old man faces gun and drug charges after Winnipeg police executed a search warrant Monday at a residence in the Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood. Officers were sent to the multi-suite residence on the 300 block of Beverley Street, following complaints from residents about drug trafficking, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Wednesday. A suspect was identified and arrested at the scene. Police seized a loaded 9mm handgun and ammunition from the home, 650 grams of methamphetamine, 50 grams of cocaine, 18 grams of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and about $20,000 — with at least $10,000 of that in loonies and toonies. The man faces six gun offences, multiple drug trafficking offences and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000. He remains in police custody.