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Re-arrest for Vancouver sex offender

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Mar, 2024 04:44 PM

Vancouver police say a high-risk sex offender who was serving a five-year long-term supervision order was rearrested last week.

Police had issued a public warning on February 26th that Skylar Wayne Pelletier had been released from custody and was living in Vancouver.

The 24-year-old was previously convicted of sexual assault, assault, and break and enter.

Vancouver police say Pelletier was taken into custody last Thursday on a Canada-wide warrant and remains in custody, though police didn't provide details about why he was rearrested.

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