TORONTO

Toronto Police have issued a public warning about a newly-freed convicted sex offender who could be living in the city.

Shawn Bansfield, 58, was released from custody Tuesday and is bound by a number of conditions. His prior criminal convictions include sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.

The service’s Sex Crimes Unit issued the community safety notification but could not say in which part of the city Bansfield was expected to reside.

The man has been ordered not to go to daycare centres, school grounds, playgrounds, arcades, public swimming areas or public parks where a person under 16 is likely to be present.

He has also been ordered not to enter into an intimate relationship, live with, marry or have a common-law relationship with anyone who is the parent of a person under 16 until that person is identified to Toronto Police.

Bansfield has been known to go by the names Rene Shawn Bansfield, Shawn Rene St. Denis-Bansfield, Justin Michael Ryan, Ryan Windover, Justin Michael Bansfield, Justin Rene, Shawn St. Denis, and Rene Mansfield.

Police are asking anyone with information about the man to call the service at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.