UPDATE: High-risk offender Steven Frederickson was re-arrested by Vancouver Police Saturday.
Officers located Frederickson in Gastown after responding to reports of a suspicious person near Columbia and Powell Streets. He was immediately taken into custody and returned to jail.
Original story:
Vancouver Police are searching for a 57-year-old man who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
Steven Frederickson, 57, is currently on a long-term supervision order. Police say he is “considered violent and poses a risk to public safety”.
“Frederickson signed out of his halfway house on February 8 and has failed to return, as required by his court-ordered conditions,” said Cst. Tania Visintin in a release.
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Frederickson is 6’1” with a slim build. He has a long grey beard and long grey hair. He was last seen wearing a dark baseball cap, a dark brown plaid jacket with black lines, a black hoody, dark grey pants, black shoes with an unknown white logo on the front, and black sunglasses.
The 57-year-old is legally deaf and walks with a red cane.
Anyone who locates Frederickson, or has any information on his whereabouts, is asked to call 911 immediately.