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Ottawa man facing hate charges after alleged assault

An Ottawa Police vehicle is seen behind police tape. (CTV News Ottawa) An Ottawa Police vehicle is seen behind police tape. (CTV News Ottawa)
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Ottawa police have laid hate-motivated charges against a 54-year-old man following an incident on Preston Street earlier this month.

Police say a man approached two young women on Preston Street at around 1:30 p.m. May 14 and began to yell sexually inappropriate and violent, anti-Indigenous slurs at them.

Their parents intervened and the man assaulted them, police said in a news release.

Erick McEvoy is facing one count of inciting hatred in a public place, two counts of assault, four counts of harassment by threatening conduct, and one count of causing a disturbance.

He is due in court on an unannounced date.

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