A violent sex offender has been arrested in Quebec on a Canada-wide warrant after fleeing a Vancouver halfway house.
Vancouver police say Joseph Davis was arrested early Sunday morning.
Davis, a four-time federal offender, failed to return to his halfway house on Feb. 11.
On Feb. 14, police notified the public that Joseph may have been headed out of province in a Mercedes SUV.
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“During his early morning arrest today in Quebec, he acknowledged the media attention about his warrant and the SUV, which he was driving when he was arrested,” said police in a media release.
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It’s not the first time Davis had fled the province.
In 2017, he was arrested in Saskatchewan after fleeing a Vancouver halfway house.
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He remains in police custody.
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