A "high-risk offender" with a violent past has been re-arrested in Vancouver after being granted statutory release.
Tyler Gordon Strathdee, 36, had been serving the remainder of his 11-year, two month jail sentence in the Downtown Eastside after being found guilty of committing multiple violent offences in Alberta, including robbery, assault with a weapon, sexual assault, and manslaughter.
According to the Vancouver Police Department, a criminal investigation culminated in the Canada-wide warrant for his arrest under Section 135(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
Strathdee was apprehended Sunday night at his halfway house following an "incident" in the Downtown Eastside and taken into custody, where he remains.
The VPD first warned the public of his presence in their neighbourhood in December 2024, noting that he "poses significant risk of harm and is a high risk to commit further physical and sexual violence."
Under the conditions of his statutory release — which was set to expire in 2028 — Strathdee was prohibited from consuming alcohol or drugs, associating or communicating with anyone involved in criminal activity or substance misuse, and being in the presence of sex-workers. He was also ordered to report all sexual and non-sexual relationships and friendships with women to a parole supervisor.
The details of the incident that led to his re-arrest were not released.
In 2019, Strathdee was deemed by a psychiatrist to be a psychopath, scoring a 33 out of 40. The threshold for diagnosis is 30.
"For Mr. Strathdee, life is a game," psychologist Tarah Hook wrote in her assessment, "and winning the game means getting away with doing what he wants, when he wants."
He has amassed nearly 40 criminal convictions since 2007, ranging from assault to manslaughter. The latter pertained to a 2015 incident in which he stabbed a man to death in Edmonton. He was originally accused of second-degree murder, but had that charge dropped. The Crown successfully found him guilty of the lesser charge later.