A “high-risk” sex offender’s move to the city is prompting an advisory from Brantford police.
Police said in a news release that they believe Eugene Soucy, 59, who has completed his sentence,”poses a high risk to reoffend or breach his terms of release.”
Soucy has been convicted of numerous sexual offenses that include multiple counts of prostitution of a person under 18, administering drugs to overcome resistance, sexual interference of someone under 16 and sexual assault, police said. He’s also been convicted of multiple frauds, thefts and impersonation.
Police ask anyone who sees Soucy breaking the terms of his release to call 911.
Soucy’s prior victims have been notified of his release.
Police said they issued the advisory “after careful consideration of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief that it is clearly in the public interest to inform members of the community of (his) release.” The Police Services Act allows the disclosure of personal information if it’s reasonably believed a person poses a significant risk of harm.
Soucy is described as white, five-foot-nine and 159 pounds.
Police said he is prohibited from:
• Being in a public park or swimming area where those under 16 could be;
• Visiting any daycare, school ground, playground or community centre;
• Or getting work that would involve being in a position of trust or authority toward those under 16.
Police said Soucy’s crimes occurred between 1998 and 2013
According to news reports, one of Soucy’s crimes involved luring two boys younger than 16 to a Niagara Falls, Ont., hotel in 2012 and forcing them to engage in sexual acts. Soucy had befriended the teens, telling them he had construction work for them. At the hotel, he offered them alcohol, marijuana and money if they would perform sex acts with each other. When the boys insisted they wanted to leave, Soucy called them a taxi so they could return to Hamilton, Ont.
When police arrested Soucy in a London, Ont., hotel room, he was with a 17-year-old boy, who said he was offered money to have sex with others. Officers found drugs, alcohol, lubricant and child pornography in the room.
According to newspaper records, Soucy, said to be from New Brunswick, was charged with sexually assaulting two underage Chatham-Kent boys in 2002. The case garnered attention when Soucy sought a publication ban on his name so the public didn’t look at him as “an accused pedophile.” Soucy was acquitted because the judge found inconsistencies in testimony but he was turned over to London police to face further charges.
In 2005, Soucy was sentenced to two years in jail for fraud and other offences. He was spoken in 2006 and moved to Kingston, Ont. Later that year, Kingston police were looking for Soucy, accusing him of defrauding people with a home renovation scheme.
In 2010, Soucy was on the Vancouver police’s “most wanted” list.
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