WINNIPEG – Police are warning people about the release of a high-risk sex offender Friday.
Winston George Thomas, 39, is a convicted sex offender who police say is considered a “high risk to re-offend in a sexual and/or sexually violent” way against women and girls.
Thomas is set to be released from the Headingley Correctional Centre after spending 18 months behind bars for assaulting a peace officer.
Police say Thomas has a history of violent and sexual offenses. He has had treatment in the past, but police warn he’s still a high risk to re-offend.
Since 2003 Thomas has been convicted of sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl, sexual assault against a woman and for breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her.
Police describe Thomas as 5’5” tall, 234 pounds, with a scar on the left side of his face and a tiger tattoo on his right arm.
He is expected to live in Winnipeg.