High-risk sex offender wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested

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Posted July 17, 2017 8:19 pm.

Last Updated July 17, 2017 8:27 pm.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Police in Vancouver have arrested a high-risk sex offender who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

40-year-old Christopher Schafer was released from custody on July 10th. Police had been looking for him after he failed to return to his residential correctional facility three days after his release.

Schafer has had his parole revoked on various occasions, and has a long criminal history which includes break-and-enter, sexual offences, uttering threats, robbery, and assaulting a peace officer.

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