High-Risk Offender, Halfway House Resident Wanted By Vancouver Police Turns Himself In

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Jul, 2016 12:04 PM

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.

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