Calgary police are warning the city’s women an HIV-infected man who doesn’t tell his partners he’s infected has been released from prison.

“In the interest of public safety, the Calgary Police Service is issuing the following public information and warning in regards to the release of an inmate on completion of his sentence,” police said in a statement.

Police said Alexandre Passechnikov, 35, was released to the Calgary community Friday after serving a thirteen-month sentence for breaching court orders.

Previous convictions include sexual assault, choking, theft, possession of property obtained by crime, failing to comply with a probation order, robbery, forcible confinement, break and enter, uttering threats, mischief and obstructing a peace officer.

All of his crimes have been committed in Montreal and Edmonton.

“It is believed that Passechnikov has also attempted to have unprotected sexual contact with females, even though it is believed that he has an infectious, potentially life threatening, medical condition that can be transmitted through bodily fluids,” said police.

Passechnikov will now be closely monitored by the Calgary Police Service High Risk Offender Program.

He is described as 6-ft. 1-in., 166 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes.

“Members of the public are advised that the intent of the process is to enable them to take suitable precautionary measures and not to embark on any form of vigilante action,” said police.

In 2016, Passechnikov admitted to sexually assaulting a woman in an Edmonton parking lot.

According to an agreed statement of facts, the woman and Passechnikov were strangers. She was walking toward a nearby drugstore, suffering from flu-like symptoms, after taking a bus from the west end, Postmedia reported at the time.

Court heard Passechnikov approached the woman as she walked by a line of parked trucks in the lot and tried to strike up a conversation. After she replied that she was not well and might have the flu, he told her she was pretty.

The woman responded by saying: “I’m 64 years old and I’m not that pretty,” and asked Passechnikov to walk ahead.

Passechnikov suddenly attacked her, grabbing her around her upper torso and groping her breasts, and forcing several fingers into her mouth so he could control her head movements. He forced her to the ground, face-first into deep snow between two parked trucks in an attempt to conceal them.

She screamed and bit Passechnikov’s fingers several times in an effort to stop the attack, but was unsuccessful. When she yelled for help, he told her to shut up.

As Passechnikov tried to pull down both his and her pants, a man driving by stopped to help, and two women walking nearby began yelling at him and 911 was called.

Passechnikov was arrested at a nearby bath house several hours later. While he initially denied involvement in the attack, he did admit to being HIV positive.

In 2013, Edmonton police issued a warning about Passechnikov after he was released from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre following the completion of a 349-day sentence for robbery, unlawful confinement and possession of stolen property.

“Passechnikov is considered by police to be a violent offender who poses a significant risk of harm to the community, especially vulnerable adult females,” police said at the time.

Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard

dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com

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