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Sex offender who fled Canada for Seattle arrested in rape
A high-risk sex offender who fled Canada for Seattle is being held on $1 million bail after authorities charged him with raping a 69-year-old woman
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high-risk sex offender who fled Canada for Seattle is being held on $1 million bail after authorities charged him with raping a 69-year-old woman.
According to documents filed in King County Superior Court, 49-year-old Michael Stanley had previously done work at the victim's home.
He showed up on Friday night seeking additional work. She told him she didn't have any, but investigators said he sneaked back into the home and attacked her.
He was charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree rape, and faces at least 15-to-20 years if convicted.
Stanley, formerly of Edmonton, made news reports in 2013 when he cut off an electronic-monitoring bracelet and crossed the U.S. border. He's a U.S. citizen, and American authorities said they had no reason to arrest him. Canada decided not to ask for his extradition, and he registered in Seattle as a sex offender. (***)
