Calgary man Alim Mehboob Manji charged with several counts on sexual assault and robberies

The Calgary Police Service has charged a local man in connection with five recent robberies and a sexual assault.

 

On Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, District 5 officers arrested the man without incident at his northeast home.

 

Detectives believe the accused is responsible for the following incidents:

 

-Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012: victim was at home in the 3200 block of 60 Street N.E., when a man knocked on the door and asked to come in, as it was raining outside. He later obtains a ride with the victim and robs her at knifepoint.

 

– Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012: victim arrives home in her vehicle in the 100 block of Pinehill Road N.E., when she is approached by a man in front of her house. The man asks for money, claiming his mother is sick and in the hospital. The offender pulls out a knife and demands money, and then takes the victim’s phone.

 

– Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012: an 85-year-old woman arrives home and enters her detached garage in the 4700 block of Rundlehorn Drive N.E. A man follows her inside and asks for money claiming his mother is in the hospital. Man takes her purse and runs down the back alley.

 

– Friday, Aug. 24, 2012: victim arrives home in the 5600 block of Templehill Road N.E., in her vehicle and was approached by the offender who takes her purse. The same offender was seen a short time earlier going door-to-door asking for money claiming his mother was in the hospital.

 

– Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012: victim was parked outside a business at 2315 68 St. N.E., when a man entered the passenger side of her vehicle and robbed her of cash, jewelry and a phone. The man then inappropriately touched the woman, who screamed and scared off the offender.

Alim Mehboob Manji, 22, of Calgary, is charged with 17 offences including one count of sexual assault, five counts of robbery, one count of carrying a concealed weapon and multiple breaches of conditions.

 

Manji is next scheduled to appear in Calgary Provincial Court on Thursday. Sept. 6, 2012.