Saanich police are investigating a report of a sexual assault involving a 16-year-old girl in the Galey Farms corn maze.
Police said the girl was walking through the maze with her mother on Friday when she was touched from behind in a sexual way. Prior to that, comments had been made by some boys nearby.
The mother and daughter quickly identified a group of 13-year-old boys, but weren’t able to pinpoint which boy was responsible because there were so many people in the area.
Galey Farms staff stepped in to help and three teenagers were detained when police arrived. The parents of the boys were contacted.
Police are looking for witnesses or anyone else who might have been approached in a similar way, and are working to identify who touched the girl.
“It’s disturbing in the sense that the people that we believe are involved are quite young,” Saanich police Staff Sgt. Chris Horsley said of the incident.
It was a brazen act, he said.
“It’s busy with a lot of people attending the maze and, of course, in this instance the victim was walking with her mother.”
He said police responded with multiple vehicles because they take such incidents very seriously.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Saanich police at 250-475-4321.
