Vancouver police say 46-year-old sex offender Joseph Davis has been arrested in Saskatchewan after fleeing his halfway house in Vancouver on Tuesday.
Davis, the subject of a Canada-wide arrest warrant, is a four-time federal sex offender who has served a four-year sentence for sexual assault and is serving a long-term supervision order.
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It was believed Davis was travelling from Vancouver to Manitoba in a grey Mercedes Benz.
Police say a citizen was driving in Langenburg, Sask., about four hours west of Winnipeg, when they recognized Davis’ grey Mercedes and called police. Davis was arrested by officers from the Esterhazy/Langenburg detachment at about 2:30 p.m. PST.
Davis is now being held in police custody.
—With files from Jon Azpiri
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