A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted at a Saint John trampoline park.
City police officers responded to reports of a fight at the business, located on the city’s east side, at around 1 p.m. on Sunday.
“A female witness heard children yelling and observed a male youth assaulting a young female child,” police said in a Monday news release.
“The accused then assaulted the 24-year-old female witness who came to the assistance of the young victim. ”
Other customers intervened and an off-duty police officer, who happened to be at the park, arrested the accused until uniformed officers arrived.
The young girl was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening physical injuries and later released. Police said the woman who came to help suffered minor physical injuries.
The accused is scheduled to appear in court at a later date, according to the news release.
The business was closed for the rest of the day while officers processed the scene and detectives interviewed witnesses.
Anyone who was at the trampoline park on Sunday and has not already spoken with police are asked to contact them at 506-648-3333.
