‘High-risk’ sex offender re-arrested in Vancouver: police

The Vancouver Police Department issued a warning shortly after 11 p.m. stating that 49-year-old Jayson Tootiak had violated his curfew, triggering a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest. (Handout)

Police in Vancouver say a “high-risk” sex offender is back in custody after he was arrested for failing to return to his halfway house Monday night.

The Vancouver Police Department issued a warning shortly after 11 p.m. stating that 49-year-old Jayson Tootiak had violated his curfew, triggering a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.

Tootiak had been serving a long-term supervision order at a halfway house in the Downtown Eastside after he was convicted of sexual offences against strangers in Ottawa in 2012, according to police.

Tootiak was re-arrested Tuesday morning in the Downtown Eastside, authorities said.