A high-risk child sex offender who was on the run for more than a week remains in custody pending a Dec. 8 court appearance.
Randall Hopley, 58, never returned to his Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»halfway house, the Salvation Army's Harbour Light facility, on Nov. 4.
His electronic ankle monitoring bracelet was removed at Main Street and East 8th Avenue.
A Canada-wide warrant was subsequently issued. A second warrant was issued when he failed to attend Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Provincial Court Nov. 6.
Hopley was living at the Downtown Eastside halfway house as part of his 10-year long-term supervision order. Police believe he was attempting to avoid court for allegedly breaching a long-term supervision order.
On Nov. 14, Hopley was found waiting outside the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Department building on East Cordova Street and taken into police custody.
Back in 2011, he abducted a three-year-old boy from his home in Sparwood in southeastern B.C. and was released with conditions under a long-term supervision order. Hopley held the boy captive in a cabin for four days before returning him unharmed.
He completed a six-year prison term for the incident.
Hopley has a history of sex offences against children, sexual assault, assault and property crime convictions, police said.
He was due in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Provincial Court Nov. 24 but the case was put over to Dec. 8.
Sources tell Glacier Media Hopley is being held at the medium-security Mountain Institution in Agassiz.
With files from Alanna Kelly
