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Man Arrested for Number of Assaults

Tuesday, 11 November 2025 17:17

By Geoff Waterfield

Police say this happened over a 3-day period in Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara on the Lake

Police have arrested a Niagara on the Lake man over indecent acts and assaults, and say there could be more victims.

They say this happened over a 3-day period; once several women were approached by a man at a Grimsby liquor store, making sexual gestures and comments.

On another occasion, police say a man assaulted a woman working at a St. Catharines cannabis store, and, in another unrelated case, a man threw a bottle of water at a man working at a farm in Niagara on the Lake.

Yesterday, police arrested Kenneth Bettes, charged with:

3 counts of Criminal Harassment
Assault
Indecent Act
Assault with a Weapon

Police have added a description of him in the hope other victims come forward.

Male
White
6 ft tall
240lb
Shaved head
Grey facial hair

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