Sexual offender arrested in Sask. after leaving B.C. halfway house

A repeat sexual offender has been arrested in Saskatchewan after failing to return to a halfway house in Vancouver.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for the arrest of Joseph Davis earlier in the week after he breached the conditions of his long-term supervision order.

Police say Davis was arrested near Langenburg, Sask.around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a citizen called in with a tip, having recognized Davis' car from media reports.

Langenburg is about a four-hour drivewest of Winnipeg.

Davis, 46, served four years in jail for sexual assault. He was convicted after luring a 50-year-old real estate agent into his Winnipeg home and attacking her in 2007.

Six years earlier, Daviswas convicted of forcible confinement and assault causing bodily harm after attacking a sex worker at his house.