Key Takeaways
- A 23-year-old man has been charged with criminal harassment after reports he followed multiple females in Waterloo on Nov 4.
- He also faces six counts of failing to comply with probation, six counts of theft under $5,000 and an attempted theft charge.
- The Offender Management Unit arrested him on Nov 11; he is held for a bail hearing.
Reports said a man was following women in Waterloo. Police have now laid 14 charges
A 23-year-old man has been charged with criminal harassment after several women reported being followed in Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Police announced Thursday.
On November 4, 2026, at about 2:30 p.m., police received reports of a suspicious person in the area of King Street North and Lodge Street. A male was reported to have followed multiple females while they walked in the area.
The man was identified, and members of the Waterloo Regional Police Offender Management Unit arrested him on November 11.
The Special Victims Unit has charged the man — who police did not name — with criminal harassment, six counts of fail to comply with probation, six counts of theft under $5,000, and attempt theft under $5,000. He was held in police custody for a bail hearing.
The charges have not been proven in court.
The Twikup Take
Fourteen charges, six of them for breaking probation that was already in place. Whatever a court decides on the harassment charge, this arrest is the system catching up with someone it had already told to stop.
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