Victoria police received several reports of females being sprayed with unidentified liquid last fall

A 49-year-old man is facing 10 counts of sexual assault with a weapon after many attacks on women last year, according to Victoria police department.

They say the department started receiving reports of women being sprayed or splashed with an unidentified liquid in the city’s business district last November.

Police department believe the liquid was destructive, as some of the victims reported that the substance had damaged their clothing and they felt a burning sensation.

All of the victims were women, ranging in age from 15 to 48.

Police say they detained a suspect late in December, and a Victoria man was officially charged on March 14.

They say he is now awaiting trial, bound by court-ordered conditions.

A December police statement said officers were examining two different incidents in which women had an unidentified, “hot-feeling” liquid splashed on their legs.

Alike incidents followed, including on Dec. 29, when a man allegedly sprayed a group of women with a destructive fluid that damaged their nylons, the statement said.