City cops are warning the public about a violent high-risk offender who plans to live in Edmonton once he’s released from prison.

Police say Lorne Papastesis, 32 — who has a prosthetic right leg — is to be freed from prison after serving about two years for aggravated assault.

Papastesis is about five-foot-nine, 200 pounds. He has a mole on his right cheek and scars on both his forearms.

Papastesis escaped Alberta Hospital in May 2006. Police warned Papastesis has a propensity for violence and likes to carry knives. He’s especially violent when he’s drunk or high, warn cops.