Convicted sex offender Randall Hopley has been sentenced to 29 months in prison for breaching his supervision order after fleeing his Vancouver halfway house and triggering a 10-day manhunt.
Hopley is a high-risk sex offender who was under a supervision order for kidnapping a three-year-old Sparwood boy from his bedroom in 2011.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching his long-term supervision order and was sentenced on May 24.
The first count was for accessing the internet at a library in the vicinity of children in 2022.
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The second count was for fleeing his halfway house on Nov. 3, 2023, before he was set to appear in court for the previous incident.
The manhunt lasted 10 days until he turned himself in to Vancouver police because he got too cold.
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The judge determined Hopley was entitled to time-and-a-half credit for time already served, equaling 11 months.
He will remain behind bars for another 18 months.
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