Suspect arrested following string of sexual assaults

A 31-year-old Lalor man has been arrested after a spate of sexual assaults in Melbourne’s north-west.

Five sexual assaults were reported between December 30 and January 4 along bike paths in Epping, Mill Park, Reservoir, Coburg and Thomastown.

Detectives from the Epping Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Unit arrested a man and seized a motorcycle today.