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Police warn of high-risk sex offender living in Vancouver

Vancouver police are warning the public that a high-risk sex offender is living at a halfway house in the city.

Vancouver police are warning the public that a high-risk sex offender is living at a halfway house in the city.

Police say 67-year-old Brian Keith Solberg is a federal offender who was convicted of forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, and a number of other related offences.

Police say the man poses a "risk of significant harm to the safety of teenaged and adult women including strangers and acquaintances."

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Solberg is currently serving a four-year sentence for breaching court-imposed conditions related to a peace bond.

Police say the Correctional Service of Canada has assessed Solberg as continuing to present a high risk for sexual and general reoffending.

Solberg is described as white, 5’11”, 218 lbs., with short greying brown hair and blue eyes.

He is bound by the terms of his statutory release, which include several conditions:

  • report all friendships, sexual relationships, and intimate relationships with women to his parole supervisor
  • not to be in the company of sex workers, or frequent the areas where sex workers are likely to be present
  • not to consume, purchase, or possess alcohol or drugs
  • not to enter any establishment where the primary source of income is the sale of alcohol
  • not to associate with any person you know, or have reason to believe, is involved in criminal activity and/or substance misuse

Police are asking anyone who sees Brian Keith Solberg in violation of any of these conditions is asked to call 911.

Earlier this month, police warned that a violent sex offender, Richard Darren Rondeau walked away from a halfway house but he was later arrested at a residence by the New Westminister Police Department.