Sex offender released from jail, returns to his old ways
A Kensington, P.E.I., man who has been jailed twice for sex assaults has been put back in prison. He violated the conditions of his release by once again using the internet to meet women, using a phoney name.
Jeffery Lea Hogg had lured two women using fake names on an internet dating site, and had been sentenced to 40 months in prison for the most recent offence, in which he sexually assaulted a woman on a boat in New London Bay.
The Parole Board of Canada formally revoked Hogg's statutory release Nov. 13.
"The board is alarmed by your purposeful actions to access the internet, create a Facebook account under a false name and use it over a prolonged period to create, and carry on, a relationship," reads the written decision. "Of significance are your alleged actions ... of stalking, controlling and harassing."
Hogg's release conditions required him to stay off the internet, and to disclose any new relationships with women to his parole officer. He failed to do so, and the parole board ruled Hogg intentionally mislead his parole officer, following release from prison February 22.
Hogg was picked up September 1 when police pulled him over for going through a stop sign. Police found two cell phones, including one with photos of him and the woman.
The woman later told investigators she broke off the relationship with Hogg because he was "too controlling."
Analysis of the phones revealed Hogg had used them to search for and book hotel rooms. The parole board also discovered Hogg had internet access in his apartment as well.
Hogg had been attending a sex offenders' support group upon release and had taken counselling while in prison. The attempts at rehabilitation failed.
"Instead you chose to engage in behaviours which indicated a return to your criminal cycle," reads the decision. "The Board notes with concern the similarity to your previous sexual assault offence."
Hogg's "reintegration potential" has decreased, according to the parole board, and risk of sexual violence by Hogg, compared to other sex offenders, is "above average."
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