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The arrest ends a 10-day manhunt for the convicted child abductor, who evaded police by removing his electronic monitoring bracelet.
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Vancouver police have arrested high-risk sex offender Randall Hopley, who has been on the run since he walked away from a halfway house on Nov. 4.
Police said Hopley was arrested in the Downtown Eastside just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday. He remains in custody.
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The arrest ends a 10-day search for the 58-year-old offender, who had told people he was going to a nearby thrift store then vanished, removing his electronic monitoring bracelet near Main and East 8th Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
Police called the removal of his monitoring device and failure to return to the halfway house “deliberate actions” likely meant to avoid an upcoming trial.
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Hopley has a history of convictions for sexual crimes, including three offences against children, assault and property offences.
In 2011, he abducted a three-year-old boy from his home in Sparwood, holding him captive in a cabin for four days before returning him apparently unharmed.
Police had assigned 18 full-time investigators to track down Hopley and received more than 80 tips about him.
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— with files from Canadian Press
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