A violent offender has been arrested in Vancouver after escaping from his halfway house in New Westminster and living in the Downtown Eastside for two years under a new name.The 30-year-old man, whose identity has not been made public as he was a minor when he committed the crimes in question, had been granted statutory release in March 2023.According to the Vancouver Police Department, he had been serving a 10-year, five-month jail sentence for multiple crimes — including second-degree murder in Winnipeg — when he was allowed to leave prison and live in the aforementioned halfway house. At the time, he was also serving a four-year sentence for aggravated assault involving two corrections officers..The man "disappeared from his halfway house within weeks of his release," and has been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant since. It was only recently that authorities came to believe that he had changed his name and relocated to the Downtown Eastside, working part-time as kitchen staff in a local shelter.The VPD's Fugitive Team took him back into custody on Saturday near Gore Ave. and Alexander St. No new charges have been publicly released, nor have any details regarding whether he will be returned to prison.
A violent offender has been arrested in Vancouver after escaping from his halfway house in New Westminster and living in the Downtown Eastside for two years under a new name.The 30-year-old man, whose identity has not been made public as he was a minor when he committed the crimes in question, had been granted statutory release in March 2023.According to the Vancouver Police Department, he had been serving a 10-year, five-month jail sentence for multiple crimes — including second-degree murder in Winnipeg — when he was allowed to leave prison and live in the aforementioned halfway house. At the time, he was also serving a four-year sentence for aggravated assault involving two corrections officers..The man "disappeared from his halfway house within weeks of his release," and has been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant since. It was only recently that authorities came to believe that he had changed his name and relocated to the Downtown Eastside, working part-time as kitchen staff in a local shelter.The VPD's Fugitive Team took him back into custody on Saturday near Gore Ave. and Alexander St. No new charges have been publicly released, nor have any details regarding whether he will be returned to prison.
