LAVAL – The principal of an English-language elementary school in Laval has warned parents that a suspected child predator was arrested and then released outside a school in Laval on Wednesday.
The parents who spoke to Global News said that the man arrested last week was Howard Krupp.
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“As you may have heard, a man residing in the West Island was arrested in front of Hillcrest Academy on Wednesday afternoon,” principal Nathalie Rollin confirmed in a letter sent home to parents on Friday, November 29.
“We implore parents to take a moment to discuss safe practices with their children and to remind them that a stranger is a stranger, regardless of familiarity.”
The principal also noted in the letter that teachers and bus drivers were advised of the situation and an assembly was planned for Monday to discuss safety procedures with the students.
Laval police constable Franco Di Genova confirmed that the 67-year-old man arrested last Wednesday outside the school has been charged with breach of conditions.
His original release conditions stipulated that he could not be within 500 metres of a school.
On Monday morning, concerned about the safety of their children, about two dozen parents held a protest at Hillcrest Academy.
According to the parents, Krupp was waiting outside the school in his car at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
He was apparently there to collect his wife, who is a grade three teacher at the elementary school.
Parents witnessed as police surrounded the car and made the arrest.
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