Vancouver Police are asking for help in locating a high-risk sex offender who is wanted after failing to return to his residential correctional facility Thursday night.
Forty-year-old Christopher Schafer, a federal offender, has been living at the Vancouver facility, police said in a statement Friday.
Schafer has a long criminal history that includes break-and-enter, sexual offences, uttering threats, robbery, and assaulting a peace officer, police said in a statement. He has had his community release revoked on a number of occasions.
Police have issued at least two other Canada-wide warrants for Schafer鈥檚 arrest in the past, including and .
Schafer is Aboriginal, 5鈥�8鈥� tall, 168 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.
He has a tattoo of 鈥淲ANDA LEE鈥� on the left side of his neck, police said. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black running shoes, a black hooded sweatshirt, and carrying a black backpack.
Police are asking that anyone who sees Schafer, or has information on his whereabouts, is asked to call 9-1-1 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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