A high-risk convicted sex offender with a history of preying on children and the elderly who fled Canada for Seattle in 2013 has been arrested in connection to the rape of a 69-year-old woman . Michael Stanley , 49 , made headlines in October 2013 when he cut off an electronic-monitoring ankle bracelet and crossed the Canada-US border unchallenged . He 's an American citizen , and US authorities said they had no reason to arrest him . Canada decided not to ask for his extradition , and he registered in Seattle as a Level 3 sex offender . Busted : Michael Stanley ( pictured left and right ) , 49 , was arrested Friday for a sexual assault involving an elderly woman . The sex offender made headlines in 2013 when he cut off a electronic monitoring bracelet and fled from Canada for Seattle . Vile crime : Stanley served 32 months for luring two mentally challenged boys into an apartment , lighting a crack pipe , blowing smoke in their faces and then sexually assaulting them . Stanley , formerly of Edmonton , had a criminal record in Canada that dated back 25 years . Before he fled , he had most recently served 32 months for luring two mentally challenged boys into an apartment , lighting a crack pipe , blowing smoke in their faces and then sexually assaulting them . Stanley spent nine years in prison in the 1980s for the aggravated sexual assault of a wheelchair-bound 82-year-old woman in Lethbridge , Canada , reported CBC.ca . Precedent : Stanley spent nine years in prison in the 1980s for the aggravated sexual assault of a wheelchair-bound 82-year-old woman . The 49-year-old ex-convict also has a history of kidnapping children from playgrounds . Parole board documents also described a case in which Stanley broke into a 69-year-old woman 's apartment while she was sleeping and sexually assaulted her . The King County Sheriff 's Office said he was arrested last Friday morning after entering the woman 's home , in the Skyway neighborhood south of Seattle , through a window . No weapons were used , but the victim sustained what the sheriff 's office described as minor injuries . Prior to that , authorities said , Stanley had been meeting his requirements as registered sex offender , including checking in weekly as required and providing an accurate account of where he was staying each night . Stanley , who is homeless , was being charged Monday and no court appearance was immediately scheduled , said Dan Donohoe , a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor 's Office . He said prosecutors would request that bail be set at $ 1million . Stanley ran into trouble soon after arriving in Seattle in fall 2013 . He was arrested on misdemeanor charges of harassment and resisting arrest after he threatened someone who asked him to be quiet . He was sentenced to seven months in jail .
Michael Stanley , 49 , crossed the trans - continental border in 2013 after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet . Canada did not apply for his extradition , and he registered in Seattle as Level 3 sex offender . Stanley served nine years in 1980s for sexually assaulting 82-year - old woman in 1986 . Before he ran away to prison , he spent 32 months in prison for assaulting two mentally challenged boys .