A 51-year-old convicted sex offender with a long history of being re-arrested and released is back on the streets and Winnipeg police are warning young women to be aware.

Brett Russell Jeffrey ​Pilch has attended sexual offender treatment in the past but is still considered a high risk to reoffend, stated a news release from the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, a joint forces unit of the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP.

Pilch is being released on Friday from the Headingley Correctional Institution after serving a one-year sentence for failing to comply with probation, the news release said. He will remain subject to the conditions of two probation orders and is expected to live in Winnipeg.

Adult females and older female children are at risk of sexual harassment, as well as possible physical sexual violence, the statement from the high risk sex offender unit said.

Over the past 25 years, Pilch has served four federal sentences after being convicted of assault, sexual assault, uttering threats, making indecent phone calls, theft from mail and harassing phone calls.

He has repeatedly sexually harassed women with whom he has had no prior relationship, the sex offender unit said, adding the conduct usually takes place over the telephone but has taken the form of direct, physical contact.

​When released, Pilch will be subject to probation supervision until Aug. 12, 2019, as well as numerous conditions, including a daily curfew from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. He has been convicted many times in the past for failing to comply with those orders.

"This information is provided to enable members of the public to take suitable measures to protect themselves. Any form of vigilante activity or other unreasonable conduct directed at Brett Russell Jeffrey Pilch will not be tolerated," stated the release from the high risk sex offender unit.

Anyone with information about Pilch who wishes to speak to a police officer is asked to call the unit at 204-984-1888.