A man has been arrested and charged after a woman was sprayed with an aerosol irritant during a community event in Vaughan.
It happened on May 28 after York Regional Police officers were called to the area of Steeles Avenue West and New Westminster Drive.
Investigators say a woman attending a community event was approached by an unknown man. The pair had a brief interaction before the man allegedly sprayed her with an aerosol irritant.
The woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the suspect then fled on foot.
On June 11, police charged 41-year-old Scott Kynnersley of Mississauga.
He faces several charges, including assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, breach of a weapons prohibition order and failing to comply with probation.
Police say Kynnersley was on probation and subject to a weapons prohibition order for unrelated offences at the time of the incident.
With files from Bryann Aguilar
