Oshawa / Crime

Toronto police charge Oshawa man with sexual assault at Main subway station

Paul-James Cote, 25, of Oshawa turned himself in Oct. 8 after Toronto police released suspect images in the Sept. 30 Main Subway Station investigation. He is charged with sexual assault and is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 19.

By Daily Durham News

Oct 15, 2026, 8:19 a.m. ET1 min read

Interior of an empty TTC subway car with red seats and windows; no people visible — An empty TTC subway car interior — the incident occurred at a Toronto subway station (illustrative photo). · Credit: Kieran Huggins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A 25-year-old Oshawa man has been charged with sexual assault after turning himself in to Toronto police in connection with an incident at Main Subway Station on Sept. 30, the Toronto Police Service says.

Police say that at about 3:08 p.m. on Sept. 30, a victim exited an eastbound train and went to the mezzanine level of the station, where a man came up behind her and sexually assaulted her before fleeing on foot. The victim sustained no injuries.

Toronto police released images of a suspect on Oct. 7. Paul-James Cote, 25, of Oshawa turned himself in on Oct. 8 and was arrested and charged with one count of sexual assault.

He is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice, 10 Armoury Street, on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in room 202. Anyone with information is asked to call Toronto police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477. The charge has not been proven in court.

Behind the story