{
  "id": 3829363,
  "title": "Women, girls warned with high-risk sex offender to live in Winnipeg",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/women-girls-warned-with-high-risk-sex-offender-to-live-in-winnipeg",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T22:07:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038356/high-risk-sex-offender-winnipeg-women-girls-warned/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Winnipeg women and girls have been warned about a high-risk sex offender who is expected to live in the city. Desmond Jared Shane Catcheway, 37, was recently released from Milner Ridge Correctional Centre in Manitoba, according to a joint statement from the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit and the Winnipeg Police Service.\n\nCatcheway has a lengthy criminal record, including multiple convictions for sexual assault and other violent offenses. He has a history of sexually assaulting unconscious females and has used illegal drugs to facilitate these acts. His first conviction was in 2010, when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who was asleep.\n\nSince then, Catcheway has been convicted several times for similar offenses. In addition to sexual assault, he has been found guilty of luring a minor under 16 years old, indecent exposure, robbery, and transmitting sexually explicit material to a minor. While in custody for these convictions, he refused to participate in required sexual offender programming.\n\nPolice describe Catcheway as being 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 240 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, and several tattoos. He is currently subject to several court-imposed conditions, including living at an approved address, reporting to Probation Services, and adhering to a curfew. He is also banned from owning or possessing a cellphone and is prohibited from attending places where people under 16 congregate, such as parks and schools.\n\nPolice have stated that any vigilante activity targeting Catcheway will not be tolerated.",
  "summary": "Desmond Jared Shane Catcheway is described by police as having a history of sexual violence and failing to comply with court conditions. He is expected to live in Winnipeg.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}