Police Searching for Woman Wanted in Connection with Assault on Sex Worker

Police are searching for a Mississauga woman who is wanted in connection with an assault on a woman who was reportedly working as a prostitute.

Peel police recently appealed to the public for help in locating 37-year-old Maria Magdelena Kovacs. According to police, Kovacs is believed to have assaulted a woman she procured for the purposes of prostitution.

The victim was attacked on March 9 in Mississauga and her property was also stolen over the course of the incident.

Kovacs is described as a white female who is 5'2" tall and 145 lbs. She has a medium build, fair skin, straight blonde hair and a French accent. She is also left-handed.

Kovacs has been charged with procuring, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm and theft under $5,000.

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts is asked to call police at 905-453-3311.