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Sex offender wanted on Canada-wide warrant after not returning to Vancouver halfway house

Police are searching for Joseph Davis. VPD

UPDATE: Vancouver Police say 46-year-old sex offender Joseph Davis has been arrested in Saskatchewan after fleeing his halfway house in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Vancouver Police have issued a warning about a violent sexual offender unlawfully at large.

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Forty-six-year-old Joseph Davis is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to report to the Vancouver halfway house where he was staying. Police say he is a four-time federal offender who has served a four-year sentence for sexual assault and is serving a long-term supervision order.

Police said Davis may have left the Lower Mainland and may be driving to Manitoba in a 2000 grey, four-door Mercedes Benz with a B.C. licence plate DE5 64E.

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Anyone who sees Davis or the suspect vehicle is asked to call 911 immediately.

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