The Toronto Police Service’s Sex Crimes – Child & Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) would like to make the public aware of additional charges laid against a man as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse.
On October 21, 2013, a man attended a home in the
High Park area to cut hair for a boy.
On that date, an 11-year-old boy reported that the man sexually assaulted him. Officers from the CYAC started an investigation and a man was immediately arrested.
Jorge Nieto Zelaya, 45-years-old at that time, of Toronto, was charged with:
1. Four counts of Sexual Assault
2. Four counts of Sexual Interference
3. Two counts of Invitation to Sexual Touching
4. Exposure to person under the age of sixteen years
On September 18, 2015, he was convicted on four counts and was sentenced to twelve months to be served concurrently.
On February 16, 2021, another victim came forward to police.
It is alleged that:
- between 2011 and 2015, the man was cutting the boy's hair
- during this time, he sexually assaulted the boy on numerous occasions
- this took place in the area of
Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue and 110 Wellesley Street, in Toronto.
On Monday, March 1, 2021, Jorge Nieto Zelaya, now 53, was arrested and charged with:
1. Sexual Assault
2. Expose Genitals to Person under 16 years of age for Sexual Purpose
3. Invitation to Sexual Touching
4. Sexual Interference
5. Two counts of Fail to Comply with Release Order
He was released on bail and is next scheduled to appear in court on April 16, 2021, at 9 a.m., at Old City Hall, in room 117.
Police believe there may be other victims.
Jorge Nieto Zelaya is known to have worked in the following hair salons in Toronto and Windsor:
- Morpheus Salon, 105 Adelaide Street West, Toronto (2013)
- Sabin Salon, 3100 Howard Avenue, Windsor (2015 – 2020)
- La Vida Salon, 1580 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor (2015 -2020)
He would also cut hair at his own apartment, located at 110 Wellesley Street, in Toronto, as well as client’s homes in Toronto.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2922, Crime Stoppers
anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at
www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook
Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free
Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes or Google Play.
Anyone with information in relation to this case where incidents occurred in Windsor is asked to contact Windsor Police Service - Major Crime Unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4830, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 519-258-8477 (TIPS) or online at
www.catchcrooks.com.
The CYAC was opened in October 2013 and is comprised of specialized child abuse
investigators from the Toronto Police Service, in collaboration with members of the Catholic Children's Aid Society, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children's Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program (SCAN), Radius Child & Youth Services, and Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre.
A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault, please visit our
Sex Crimes website.
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