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It is not acceptable for a high-risk sex offender to be released, only to be re-arrested less than an hour later.
We need a justice system that protects victims, keeps dangerous offenders off the streets, and puts public safety first.
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to Guelph where a man deemed a high-risk offender was rearrested only hours after being released. Madani Johans left Maplehurst Correctional in Milton on Friday and violated his release conditions by being in downtown Guelph. CTV's Karras Mapp reports. Madani Johans is once again behind bars for violating his release conditions. The 37-year-old who Guelph police have identified as a high-risk offender has been ordered to stay away from the city's downtown core. But after being released from Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton on Friday, he hopped on a bus and returned to the area. Shortly thereafter was observed by our officers in the downtown core of Guelph, which is in violation of several release orders which prohibit him from attending a number of specific addresses within the city of Guelph's downtown. Within hours of his release, Johans was taken back into police custody and charged with nine counts of breaking probation orders. This most recent condition, release order rather, had a condition that he not attend the downtown. So that's a geographically identified area. It was spelled out in the release order. Police say they were aware of his scheduled release but weren't actively seeking his rearrest. Our allegation is that once he got off the bus he did not vacate the downtown. He spent some time shopping, going in various stores, walking around. So he had ample opportunity to leave the downtown, to get outside of the borders that he'd been ordered to stay away from. But he did not do so. Johans has a long history with the police dating back to July 2024. This is at least the third time that he's been released from custody and then rearrested fairly shortly thereafter. He has a history of violence, which usually prompts police to release a public warning of his return to the community, which never came Friday. Frankly, we were intending to, but he was arrested so quickly that we didn't get that warning out to the public.
