Vancouver police looking for high-risk sex offender

Vancouver police are looking for a high-risk sex offender on a Canada-wide arrest warrant, after he failed to return to his halfway house.

Gerald Richard McLean, 48, is a two-time federal offender serving a long-term supervision order following a two-year sentence for sexual assault.

Police said McLean was last seen near East Cordova Street and Main Street wearing a dark blue baseball cap, light-coloured shirt and blue jeans.

He is described as:

- Five feet six inches tall

- 174 pounds

- Green eyes

- Has a goatee and short, receding blond hair

- Has tattoos of an eagle on upper left arm, a skull on his shoulder, a tribal band on his right arm and the word 'prospector' on his back

Anyone who sees McLean is asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.