Convicted sex offender considered high risk to reoffend expected to live in Winnipeg: police

A convicted sex offender with a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for sexual exploitation, publication of child pornography and assault causing bodily harm, is expected to live in Winnipeg after his release, and police are warning he is considered a risk to reoffend.

Glen Gregory Tyler Pozniak, 43, was released Thursday on statutory release from Stony Mountain Institution, a federal facility north of Winnipeg, after serving a portion of his sentence there. 

He was sentenced in September 2015 to 13 years in prison, Winnipeg police said in a community notification released Thursday. 

Pozniak was convicted for offences including sexual exploitation, sexual interference, and possession and publication of child pornography.

Police said he committed ongoing sexually violent abuse against several minors over a number of years while holding a position of trust and authority.

That included making images and videos showing child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, and providing alcohol and illegal drugs to the minors, police said. His offences involved other perpetrators online.

Police found extreme and violent child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation material on Pozniak's phone, some of which included unknown victims, and some of which included victims known to him.

Pozniak completed some sex offender programming while in custody, but didn't complete the entirety of what was offered, police said in Thursday's notification.

He remains a high risk to sexually reoffend, according to police, and pre-pubescent and adolescent boys are at risk.

Pozniak is under a lifetime prohibition from attending any place where children under the age of 16 are likely to be, including parks, swimming areas, daycares, school grounds or community centres.

He is also not allowed to work or volunteer at a job where he would have a position of power or authority over a person under the age of 16. 

Pozniak is also forbidden from having digital devices that can access the internet, unless he is at a job site and accesses the internet for work-related reasons. 

Police said they provided Thursday's community notification to ensure the public can take suitable measures to protect themselves, but warned any form of vigilante activity directed toward Pozniak will not be tolerated. 

He is described as five feet, seven inches tall and weighs 209 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes, and has tattoos of Roman numerals on his left forearm. 

Police ask anyone with information about Pozniak to call the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit at 431-489-8056, the Winnipeg Police Service at 204-986-6222, a local RCMP detachment or Manitoba Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.