High-risk, violent offender released from correctional centre, to live in Winnipeg
Posted July 20, 2020 12:20 pm.
Last Updated July 20, 2020 12:23 pm.
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WINNIPEG – Winnipeg police are warning the public after a convicted sex offender was released from the Headingly Correctional Centre this past weekend.
Winston George Thomas, 43, has a history of violent offenses, including convictions for sexual assault, aggravated assault, and numerous breaches of probation orders, among other things.
He was convicted on three separate occasions of sex assault. One of his victims was a 13-year-old girl.
Thomas’ release from prison is subject to supervised probation, however, officers say Thomas is high-risk to re-offend in a violent and sexual way and that all women and girls are at risk.
He is 5’10”, weighs 234 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes and is Indigenous with a scar on the left side of his face and a Tiger tattoo on the right arm.
Thomas is expected to live in Winnipeg.
If you have information about Thomas, call the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit at (204) 984-1888, WPS at (204) 986-6222, or Manitoba Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-8477.
