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High-risk sex offender to live in Vancouver, police warn

Police say Carpenter "poses a risk of significant harm to the safety of vulnerable female children, youth, and adults." .
Police say Carpenter "poses a risk of significant harm to the safety of vulnerable female children, youth, and adults." . Vancouver police

Vancouver police are warning the public of a high-risk sex offender who will be living in the city.

Michael Wayne Carpenter, 49, will be living in a correctional halfway house.

He’s currently serving a 10-year long-term supervision order for convictions on charges of sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and uttering threats.

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Police say Carpenter “poses a risk of significant harm to the safety of vulnerable female children, youth, and adults.”

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It’s not the first time Vancouver police have issued warnings about Carpenter.

Back in 2017, he was arrested for breaching his release conditions after a public warning. Police also issued a warning in 2016.

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Anyone who sees Carpenter violating the following conditions is urged to call 911.

  • Not to consume, purchase, or possess alcohol
  • Not to consume, purchase or possess drugs
  • Not to own, use or possess a computer, or any technological device that would allow access to the internet
  • Not to be in the presence of any female children under the age of 18, except in certain conditions
  • Not to purchase, acquire, possess or access pornography or sexually explicit material
  • Report all friendships, sexual relationships and intimate relationships with women
  • No to go to Kamloops, B.C.
  • Not to enter any private dwelling or places including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, rooming houses, SRO residences, private residence/dwelling, or vehicles

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