A 22-year-old man has been charged in connection with three sexual assaults near Brampton bus stops

A 22-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault and kidnapping after three women reported they were assaulted near Brampton bus stops earlier this month by a man posing as a public transit driver.

In all three cases, the suspect approached the victims at bus stops and actively offered them a ride, although none of the victims called or expected to share a ride, police previously said.

Investigators believe the same man is responsible for all three incidents.

On Sunday, police announced they had made an arrest in the case but provided no further details.

On Wednesday, Peel police said the accused was a 22-year-old Brampton man.

He was charged with three counts: kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault by strangulation, robbery and menacing.

The victims were approaching bus stops

Two of the incidents occurred about an hour apart on Nov. 8, and the third occurred on Nov. 16, according to a press release from Peel Regional Police.

The first incident occurred around 7 a.m. Police say the victim was waiting for a bus near Countryside Road and Bramalea Road when a man approached her and offered to give her a ride.

He drove the victim to the area of ​​Highway 27 and Nashville Road in Vaughan, where he sexually assaulted her.

The second victim reported she was approached by a man who offered her a lift in exchange for a cash payment while she was waiting at a bus stop at Goreridge Crescent and Via Romano Way around 7:43 a.m.

The suspect then drove the victim to the Claireville Conservation area on Highway 50 in Brampton, where he sexually assaulted her.

According to a news release, the third victim was approached by the defendant on Nov. 16 while she was at a bus stop near Airport Road and Humberwest Parkway around 6:45 a.m.

He then drove her to the area of ​​Countryside Drive and Airport Road in Brampton and sexually assaulted her.

Investigators believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to contact Peel Regional Police.