By Canadian Press

Man charged with assault after attack on Jewish father in Montreal caught on video

Aug 12, 2025 | 10:46 AM

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 23-year-old man has been charged in the assault of a Jewish father at a park last week.

Sergio Yanes Preciado was charged with assault causing bodily harm, and appeared briefly before a judge from a detention centre in Montreal’s north end.

The Crown has objected to his release, and he is scheduled to return to court Wednesday for a bail hearing.

Police say the 32-year-old father was assaulted on Aug. 8 while he was with his young children in Dickie Moore park in the borough of Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension.

They say the victim was sprayed with a bottle of water and when he tried to confront the accused he was pushed to the ground, punched and kneed before his assailant fled on foot.

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The incident was partly captured on video, and the accused was arrested on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 12, 2025.

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