Vancouver police arrest high-risk offender James Moyah

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:23:29 +0000

Vancouver police arrested high-risk offender James Moyah Thursday in the city’s Downtown Eastside, after a witness spotted him and called 911.

Moyah, 45, was wanted Canada-wide for breach of statutory release and was subject of a VPD public appeal earlier this week.

The appeal was issued after the federal offender failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house last week.

Police say Moyah has a history of violence and substance abuse.

The witness recognized Moyah from seeing his picture in the news, and called police shortly before noon Thursday.

Moyah is now back in custody.

ticrawford@postmedia.com