A 13-year-old boy has been charged over a string of alleged sexual touching incidents involving women and girls on trails encircling the lake at Narrabeen.
The boy was arrested after attending Mona Vale Police Station about 7.30pm yesterday (Saturday 17 October), following a public appeal for information. He was taken to Manly Police Station and charged with eight counts of sexually touching another person without consent and three counts of behaving in an offensive manner in or near a public place or school.
Detectives from Northern Beaches Police Area Command established Strike Force Mexvo to investigate alleged sexual touching and inappropriate comments made to women and girls on walking trails in the Narrabeen area between Thursday 1 October and Monday 12 October.
Police will also allege a woman was spoken to inappropriately at the intersection of Waroon Road and Carawa Road, Cromer, about 6.45pm on Monday 7 September.
In the incidents reported earlier this month, a rider on an e-bike allegedly approached women on the Narrabeen Lagoon trail, touched them sexually and rode off. Police released CCTV images during the week as part of their appeal.
Manly Observer also received accounts from readers, some of whom reported incidents to police or described them online.
The boy has been granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on Wednesday 4 November 2026.
