VANCOUVER — A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is back in police custody after turning himself into RCMP in Surrey, B.C.
Police put out an alert Saturday saying they were looking for 47-year-old Richard Thomas Galt, who failed to return to his halfway house.
Galt is serving a sentence of three years and eight months for uttering threats, break and enter, failure to comply with his probation and being unlawfully at large.
Police have labelled him a high risk offender who has a lengthy criminal record, including four sexual assault convictions.
Vancouver police say Galt turned himself in on Saturday night.
