Warrant for sex offender
Glenda Luymes, The Province
Published: Thursday, September 28, 2006

Abbotsford police are looking for a high-risk sex offender who has a history of running. Anthony Helary, 50, is wanted on a Canadawide warrant after he failed to check in with his probation officer Tuesday.

Helary's rap sheet includes violent sexual offences and property crimes dating to the 1970s. In June, Abbotsford police warned he was living in the community after his release from Matsqui Institution.

As part of his release, Helary was not allowed to possess, own or carry weapons and was required to obey an 11 p.m.-to-6 a.m. daily curfew.

In 1992, Helary he escaped from a minimum-security prison in New Brunswick. Helary, who'd been close to completing a 13-year prison term for two sexual assaults, was captured in Toronto six months later.

In 1997, Helary received a seven-year sentence for another sexual assault. In 2004, he walked away from a work crew in Prince George. He was found in Saskatchewan.

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