Update: Laverne Waskahat was released from custody Monday, January 22, 2024, after having been taken into custody on Dec. 13, 2023, for failing to report to her parole officer. Waskahat is being managed by a parole officer and is residing in the Edmonton area.
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Convicted violent sex offender Laverne Waskahat has been released into the community, warns Edmonton Police. Waskahat has a history of possessing, making and publishing child pornography involving male and female infants under three years old.
Edmonton Police Service has reasonable grounds to believe Waskahat is of significant harm to the community and is a risk of committing a sexual offence against a child under the age of 16.
Waskahat was released from custody yesterday and is residing in the Edmonton area. Waskahat was recently released after serving a sentence for breaching a court order.
Waskahat has been known to offend against the children while in a position of care over the child (i.e. while babysitting) and has also been known to take voyeuristic photos in public of infants. Waskahat may try and associate with someone who has young kids to groom them for offending behavior.
Waskahat has also been known to frequent public bathrooms (i.e. in shopping malls) in order to carry out voyeuristic offending behavior.
Anyone with any information about any criminal offenses committed by Waskahat can contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.
The Edmonton Police Service is issuing this information and warning after careful deliberation of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief that it is clearly in the public interest to inform the members of the community.
Members of the public are advised that the intent of this process is to enable citizens to take suitable precautionary measures. Releasing this information is NOT intended to encourage people to engage in any form of vigilante action.
This information is released under the authority of the FOIP Act, RSA 2000, C. F-25.
