Winnipeg authorities are notifying parents that a high-risk sex offender, who has a record of violence against children, is set to reside in the city following his release from federal prison on Nov. 2.
Leslie Wayne Oliver Mercredi, 33, was the subject of a community notification from Winnipeg Police because he has been classified as a high risk for committing further violent offenses against children.
“Although he participated in some treatment programming in the past, Mercredi is still considered high risk to re-offend in a sexual manner,” police said. “All children are at risk, particularly females.”
Mercredi—who also goes by the names Leslie Wayne Brightnose or Leslie Mercredi—was serving a sentence at Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, located an hour northeast of the city, after serving time for failing to comply with the conditions of a recognizance order, police said….