Two men have been charged in separate incidents, both revealed by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) on Friday, including a gross series of spitting assaults.
The first incident was shared by the VPD on X.
VPD said that a 51-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with a masturbation incident at Pacific Centre Mall.
According to VPD, the 51-year-old was discovered by security when he was masturbating in a mall stairwell at around 8 p.m. When security asked him to leave, he allegedly exposed himself.
“Security called 911 and followed the man out of the mall until police arrived and made the arrest nearby,” VPD said.
#VPDNews: A 51-year-old man is in custody after being arrested and charged for allegedly masturbating in a stairwell at Pacific Centre Mall.
Security found a man in the stairway Wednesday at 8 p.m. and asked him to leave the premises, at which point he allegedly exposed himself.… pic.twitter.com/xTfqnG5GW9
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) September 11, 2026
VPD has named Robert Finlay MacLeod as the man involved, and he has been charged with performing an indecent act in public.
In a completely separate case, VPD has shared details about assaults in Vancouver, including two spitting assaults, allegedly committed by the same perpetrator.
VPD said that 45-year-old Gregory Edwin Lawrence Brumwell was charged with three counts of assault. All of the incidents occurred on Sept. 10 between 9:50 a.m. and 12:55 p.m.
The first incident involved the suspect allegedly punching a man in the side of the face without provocation near Seymour and Georgia Street. In the second incident near Davie and Granville, the suspect allegedly spat in a man’s face. In the third incident, near Georgia and Hamilton, he allegedly spat in the face of another man.
“Police were able to locate and arrest a man matching the description of the suspect minutes following the final reported incident,” VPD said.
Brumwell has been charged with three counts of assault.
VPD says that both men remain in custody.