Parole Board Says Hopley Is High Risk to Reoffend, Will Remain Under Supervision

A parole board says sex offender Randall Hopley must remain under a supervision order for another year, although his ankle bracelet has been removed and his curfew extended by an hour.
Hopley, who’s 60 years old, has been in the national spotlight several times, including when he abducted a three-year-old boy from a British Columbia home in 2011, only to return the child days later.
He walked away from a residential facility in May last year, setting off a countrywide manhunt, with the board saying it proved again that Hopley can’t follow his long-term supervision orders.
A Parole Board of Canada decision released Thursday says Hopley has several psychological traits that make him resistant to treatment, he’s a high risk to reoffend and has a long history of non-compliance with supervision orders. …