Two 14-year-old boys are facing charges after harassing and spitting on a woman in early August in what Peterborough police are classifying a hate bias incident.
Police say one of the teens was previously charged, along with three other teens, in a July 25 assault in East City that police had originally classified as a hate crime.
In the most recent incident on August 6, officers were called to the area of Spillsbury Drive and Sir Sandford Fleming Drive where they learned a woman had been followed off a bus by two teenage boys, spat on, and intimidated.
Through further investigation and with the help of video footage, officers were able to identify the two suspects.
Police arrested one of the two suspects the following day and charged him with assault and criminal harassment (threatening conduct). He was held in custody and appeared in court on August 8.
Police arrested the second suspect on August 18 and charged him with criminal harassment (threatening conduct). He was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on November 25.
Police have classified the incident as a hate bias incident.
