British ColumbiaPolice have issued a public safety warning about a high-profile sex offender that has been released from prison to live in Vancouver. Hopley was the subject of a 10-day manhunt after leaving halfway house in November 2023The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 23, 2025 12:54 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoRandall Hopley, left, is led out of the Cranbrook, B.C. courthouse on Sept. 14, 2011. Hopley has been declared a long-term offender and faces a prison term with a period of supervision after his release. (Bill Graveland/The Canadian Press)Police have issued a public safety warning about a high-profile sex offender that has been released from prison to live in Vancouver. Randall Hopley last gained the public’s attention when he cut off his monitoring anklet and disappeared while on parole, only to be captured in Vancouver and sent back to prison. He was the subject of a 10-day manhunt in November 2023, which ended after he was found standing at the locked door of the Vancouver Police Department annex on East Cordova Street near Main Street. Hopley was behind bars after receiving a six-year sentence for abducting a three-year-old boy in southeastern B.C. in 2011, and was released in 2018 to a Vancouver halfway house under a 10-year supervision order.Police released a recent photo of Hopley and is asking anyone who sees him breaching his release conditions to call 911. (Vancouver Police Department)Police say Hopley, who’s now 60 years old, has been freed on statutory release after serving two-thirds of his sentence.The Vancouver Police Department says there are “compelling reasons” to warn that he poses a high risk to the public and could breach his conditions. Hopley, who is five feet nine inches and 150 pounds, must abide by several conditions like not being around places where children under the age of 16 might be, and not having direct or indirect contact with his victims or their family members.WATCH | Hopley rearrested after prison release in May: High-risk sex offender rearrested shortly after release from prison | Hanomansing TonightVancouver Police say they rearrested high-risk sex offender Randall Hopley on Thursday just hours after he received statutory release from prison. Hopley completed a six-year prison term for the 2011 abduction of a three-year-old boy in southeastern B.C. In 2023, he was the subject of a 10-day manhunt that ended after he was found standing at the locked door of a Vancouver police building.
High-risk sex offender Randall Hopley will live in Vancouver, police warn
