Child sex offender released, expected to live in Winnipeg

Picture of James Sheldon Jasper, 49-year-old convicted sex offender. Uploaded Jan. 11, 2026. (Supplied)

A convicted sex offender is expected to live in Winnipeg after serving his sentence.

In a media release, the Winnipeg Police Service said James Sheldon Jasper, 49, was released from Headingley Correctional Centre on Saturday.

Police said Jasper is at high risk to “sexually re-offend against all children, particularly male children.”

He was convicted on Dec. 12, 2024, for failing to comply with a condition of his probation order. Jasper was sentenced to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised probation.

Police said he was previously convicted of numerous sexual offences against children. Jasper participated in sexual offender treatment in the past, but he is still considered at high risk to reoffend, the force said.

On Nov. 25, 2003, he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy. He was sentenced to 26 months in jail for that offence, along with a 10-year supervision order.

Police said he was convicted of violating the supervision order in 2011 and 2016, and breached his probation order in 2018 and 2021.

Jasper is subject to supervised probation, weapons prohibition orders and lifetime prohibition order. Some of the conditions include prohibition on owning any devices capable of accessing the internet and attending places where people under the age of 18 can attend.

“Some of Jasper’s victims have been ‘groomed’ by him involving predatory, premeditated behaviour to access vulnerable victims, particularly young boys, to facilitate the sexual offences,” police said in a media release.

Anyone with information about Jasper is asked to contact the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit at 431-489-8056, or local police — such as the Winnipeg Police Service at 204-986-6222 or a local RCMP detachment.

Those with information can also contact Manitoba Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.