Wanted high-risk sex offender found after fleeing from halfway house

Vancouver police have arrested a high-risk sex offender who went on the run just hours after his release from prison.

John Frederick Field, 60, left the maximum security Kent Institution in Agassiz, B.C. on Thursday, after serving a sentence for sexual assault, breaking and entering, robbery and theft.

He attended his halfway house in Vancouver, walked out around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and had not been seen or heard from since. A Canada-wide warrant was issued for Field’s re-arrest.

“This is a man who has done this before, who has a significant history for violent offences,” Sgt. Steve Addison said in an interview shortly after Field went missing.

“The risk to public safety does elevate when he’s using drugs, so the fact that he’s disappeared again so soon after his release is a significant public safety concern for us.”

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Surrey RCMP arrested Field early on Aug. 30.

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