High-risk sex offender to live in Winnipeg, police caution women - BERITAJA

A man pinch a history of intersexual and convulsive offending will beryllium released from a Manitoba correctional institution Friday and is considered a precocious consequence to reoffend, according to the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS).

Jason Mark Bard, 35, is expected to unrecorded successful Winnipeg and could “re-offend successful a sexually convulsive manner” against women, according to the Manitoba integrated high-risk activity offender unit, which comprises Winnipeg police and RCMP officers.

Bard is being released aft serving a 284-day condemnation for a breach of recognizance, constabulary added. He was besides said to person “a lengthy criminal record” that includes aggregate incarcerations.

He was sentenced to 5 years successful 2015 for a slew of convictions, including intersexual battle pinch a weapon. Police said he attacked and violently sexually assaulted a female while choking and threatening her.

“The incident was stopped by 2 strangers who came upon the segment and assisted the victim,” constabulary said.

He was besides sentenced to 4 years successful 2021.

“[In 2021,] Bard and an inmate astatine Stony Mountain Institution attacked different inmate pinch a weapon, many times stabbed the inmate which resulted successful a collapsed lung and different injuries. The onslaught was stopped by corrections officers,” the WPS said.

Bard was fixed a condemnation of 135 days pursuing his 2024 condemnation for assaulting a constabulary officer.

“At Stony Mountain Institution, Bard assaulted a corrections serviceman by spitting successful his face,” the news merchandise added.

He has besides been convicted of forcible confinement, overcoming guidance by attempting to choke, suffocate aliases strangle different person, and 2 counts of uttering threats, according to police. He besides had respective breaches of probation and nonaccomplishment to comply pinch recognizance and undertaking.

Upon his release, Bard will person a life weapons prohibition and beryllium taxable to an bid forcing him to unrecorded astatine a court-approved address. He is besides banned from drinking intoxicant aliases consuming different substances and must abide by a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, constabulary said.

The 35-year-old besides must study to probation services and person nary connection pinch erstwhile victims aliases their contiguous family, per the tribunal order, according to the WPS.

“Any shape of vigilante activity aliases different unreasonable interaction directed astatine Bard will not beryllium tolerated,” constabulary cautioned.

Bard is described by constabulary arsenic 5 feet 3 inches gangly and 200 pounds, pinch brownish hairsbreadth and brownish eyes. He has tattoos connected some arms, his correct manus and his correct calf.

His right-hand tattoo says “KRUNK” and connected his precocious near arm, location is simply a tattoo of a devil, the WPS said.