Senior Citizen Sexually Assaulted – Name And Photo Released

Investigators with the #4 District Criminal Investigation Bureau have laid an additional charge against a 51-year-old personal support worker in relation to the sexual assault of a senior citizen.

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, York Regional Police investigators received information after an elderly male victim came forward to report that he had been sexually assaulted by the accused. The incident occurred in the victim’s home in Newmarket, sometime between December 31, 2015 and January 30, 2016 when the accused worked as a personal support worker for We Care Home Health Services.

On July 18, 2016, the accused was re-arrested and was charged with one additional count of Sexual Assault. He is now facing a total of seven counts of sexual assault and one count of assault.

Between May 2015 and October 2015, the accused was employed at Mackenzie Health and was providing care for seniors at the hospital. He was first arrested on January 31, 2016 and was charged with sexually assaulting an elderly female victim sometime between August and October 2015.

Between December 2015 and January 2016, the accused was employed as a personal support worker with Community and Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS)as well as other agencies and at various facilities and seniors’ apartment complexes.

A total of five female victims and one male have come forward or were identified by police. The investigation is ongoing and any additional victims are urged to come forward.

CHARGED:

Soja ZADEH, 51, Town of Newmarket

Also known as: Shojaadin MOHAMMAD-ZADEH

ALL CHARGES:

Sexual Assault x7

Assault

The accused will be appearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on July 18, 2016.

York Regional Police is reminding citizens there is no statute of limitations for sexual offences and we encourage victims to report offences even if they occurred some time ago. The accused is known to have worked as a personal support worker for several agencies and locations where he had access to seniors citizens who were in vulnerable positions and requiring care.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about this matter is asked to contact the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigation Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com, or text your tip by sending TIPYORK and your message to CRIMES (274637) starting with the word YORK.

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