

A high-risk sexual offender known as the "balaclava rapist" is now living in Vancouver, the Vancouver Police Department warns in a statement.

Larry John Takahashi, who was released on day parole last month, is living in a correctional halfway house in the city.

He began serving three concurrent life sentences in 1984, after admitting to the "hands on" attacks of 29 women and pleading guilty to multiple counts of rape, forcible confinement and sexual assault with a weapon.

The Parole Board of Canada says Takahashi, who targeted women in Edmonton in the 70s and 80s while wearing a ski mask, is at moderate-to-high risk to reoffend again,

The VPD says he poses a "risk of significant harm to the safety of teenage and adult females in the City of Vancouver."

Day parole comes with many conditions

Takahashi has several conditions to his release, including being prohibited from using drugs, alcohol, pornography or computers.

He must also remain in the city, not be in any college or university residential area or pick up or convey any female passengers when driving.

He must be in the halfway house between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. every night, except for work-related reasons and must immediately report any sexual and non-sexual relationships with females to his parole supervisor.

Anyone who sees Takahashi break these conditions is asked to call 911 immediately.

Takahashi is 63-years-old, Asian, five feet nine inches tall, 154 pounds with short, grey hair and brown eyes. He normally wears prescription glasses.

With files from Betsy Trumpener