A high-risk sex offender under a long-term supervision order is back in jail after allegedly failing to obey court conditions.
John Ambrose Seward, 35, appeared before Vancouver Provincial Court on May 3 on a charge that he failed to comply with a long-term supervision order. As part of the order, he must immediately report all females he associates with or attempts to associate with, which he is alleged to have not done.
Seward is serving a 10-year supervision order for convictions of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.
The charge for failing to obey his conditions was sworn on Dec. 15, and he's currently being held at North Fraser Pretrial Centre.
The Vancouver Police Department issued a public warning about Seward in April 2021, saying he would be residing in Vancouver and "poses a significant risk to women in the community."
This is not the first time Seward has allegedly breached his conditions.
He was arrested in Nanaimo in 2015 after it was reported he had been in a public park earlier in the evening, only hours after he had been released.
Seward arrived in Nanaimo from Vancouver that day and was escorted to his supportive housing by RCMP officers.
In July 2015, he appeared in Nanaimo provincial court charged with aggravated assault and intent to commit a sexual assault by choking.
Seward had multiple conditions for living in the community.
Those included:
• not consuming, purchasing or possessing alcohol;
• not consuming, purchasing or possessing drugs other than prescribed medication;
• not associating with any person believed to be involved in criminal activity or substance misuse;
• immediately reporting all contacts with females to his parole supervisor;
• not go to Central Vancouver Island (Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Parksville);
• not be in, near, or around any park;
• must reside at a community correctional centre, a community residential facility, or another residential facility.
Seward is due back in court on May 24 for arraignment.
