Prolific offender arrested by Calgary police after allegedly ditching ankle monitor

A police vehicle is shown at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Calgary police say a prolific offender whose ankle monitor was allegedly cut off was arrested less than 24 hours after he went missing.

Officers received an automated alert last Friday that the monitor assigned to Brandon David Stevens, 32, had been removed.

Investigators found the discarded monitor in a parking lot in Mission, in the 100 block of 25 Avenue S.W., about 45 minutes later.

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They also learned a Jeep Wrangler had been stolen from the same location.

Police were able to determine where Stevens was and arrest him the following evening.

He was taken into custody following a traffic stop on Barlow Trail N.E.

Stevens is charged with seven counts of failing to abide by a release order and three counts of breaching a conditional sentence order.

Anyone with further information on the incident is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.