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    Vancouver Police Arrest Wanted High-Risk Sex Offender in Coquitlam

    Darpan News Desk , 06 Jun, 2016 11:02 AM
      Vancouver – The high-risk sex offender police were searching for is back in custody.
       
      Thirty-six-year-old James Patrick Benson was granted statutory release on June 2nd and immediately fled from his Vancouver halfway house. 
       
      A Canada-wide warrant was issued and with the help of the RCMP, Benson was arrested in Coquitlam without incident.
       
      VPD says 36-year-old was picked up in Coquiltam, without incident.
       
      The two-time federal offender has a history of violent offences, including attempted murder and sexual assault with a weapon.
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