British Columbia

Sexual offender arrested in Sask. after leaving B.C. halfway house

Joseph Davis, 46, was arrested in Saskatchewan after failing to return to his halfway house in Vancouver.

Joseph Davis apprehended in Langenburg, Sask., two days after leaving Vancouver

Joseph Davis was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. (Vancouver Police Department)

A repeat sexual offender has been arrested in Saskatchewan after failing to return to a halfway house in Vancouver.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for the arrest of Joseph Davis earlier in the week after he breached the conditions of his long-term supervision order.

Police say Davis was arrested near Langenburg, Sask. around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a citizen called in with a tip, having recognized Davis' car from media reports.

Langenburg is about a four-hour drive west of Winnipeg.

Davis, 46, served four years in jail for sexual assault. He was convicted after luring a 50-year-old real estate agent into his Winnipeg home and attacking her in 2007.

Six years earlier, Davis was convicted of forcible confinement and assault causing bodily harm after attacking a sex worker at his house.