Vancouver – Vancouver Police have re-arrested a high-risk sex offender who went missing from his halfway house on Friday after being granted statutory release one day prior.
Officers from VPD’s Chronic Offender Unit located Hayden McCorriston, 30, this afternoon near Granville and Robson Street, after receiving a tip from someone who recognized him.
VPD issued a public warning on Thursday that McCorriston, who is convicted of multiple sexual assaults against strangers in 2022, had been released from custody and would be living at a halfway house in Vancouver. A Canada-wide warrant was issued on Friday, after McCorriston left the halfway house and travelled to the Downtown Eastside, where police believe he violated the conditions of his release and took deliberate steps to avoid being located.
McCorriston has been returned to jail by VPD and remains in custody.
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