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Montreal police say Christopher Watts — a 66-year-old sex offender who has been at large — was arrested in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday.
Last week, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) alerted the media, saying the man was in the Montreal area when he violated the conditions of his Correctional Service Canada (CSC) supervision.
The Montreal police sex offender surveillance team had been tasked with assisting CSC in its investigation. The CSC has since notified the SPVM of the man’s capture.
The Ontario man was convicted in the 2001 drug-overdose death of 13-year-old Amanda Raymond and served his entire 12-year prison sentence for manslaughter, sexual assault and sexual interference, after which he had to be released.
The high-risk offender had been in and out of detention over the years and was on a long-term supervision order.