Man considered a high-risk offender released and re-arrested within 2 hours: Guelph police
Police in Guelph, Ont., announced on Monday that they had re-arrested a man they consider to be a high-risk offender, just hours after informing the public that he had been released from custody.
On Monday at 2:24 p.m., Guelph Police Service posted to X that Medhani Yohans, 36, had been released from custody in Guelph Provincial Court after pleading guilty to a charge of breaching his probation order.
Referring to Yohans as “a high-risk offender,” police noted: “He has a history of violence that includes two stranger sexual assaults.”
A man considered to be a high-risk offender was rearrested less than two hours after being released from custody Monday afternoon. https://t.co/G1oL20g1dA #Guelph pic.twitter.com/TykiFIx8jD
— Guelph Police Service (@GuelphPolice) February 2, 2026
They added: “The Guelph Police Service believes that Yohans poses a risk to the community, particularly to women, and is concerned that he may commit similar offences in the future.” They requested anyone who saw Yohans to not approach him but rather notify police, “in order to ensure he is abiding by his conditions.”
However, less than two hours after Yohans’ release, police arrested him, and then issued a press release stating that he was back in custody.
Yohans “was arrested downtown at 2:35 p.m. after he was observed breaching a condition of his latest probation order,” police said in the release. “He had been ordered to stay away from a particular address.”
They added: “He is now facing another count of breaching a probation order as a result of Monday’s arrest. He will appear in bail court Tuesday.”
This is not the first time Guelph police have warned the public about the man.
In August of 2024 they noted that Yohans had recently been released from a custodial facility in Toronto, and that his whereabouts at the time were unknown.
A man considered a high risk offender has been released from custody in a #Guelph courtroom. https://t.co/VN9XnyDQD9 pic.twitter.com/z4p5KQzz5R
— Guelph Police Service (@GuelphPolice) February 2, 2026
One of the conditions of his release was to show up at the Guelph Police station within seven days. When he failed to appear, a warrant was issued, and he was arrested later that month by another southern Ontario police service, and charged with two counts of failing to comply with release conditions.
Then, a year ago, Guelph Police made two warnings to the public, first that Yohans was being released from custody on March 1, and then that he had been seen sleeping on the University of Guelph campus at midnight on March 10. School officials at the time said that he was immediately removed by Campus Safety Officers.
Then, last July, police once again noted that Yohans had been released from custody in Guelph. This time he was re-arrested within 24 hours and charged with four counts of breach of probation, disobeying a court order, and criminal harassment.
“The Guelph Police Service extends its thanks to the community for their vigilance and assistance in this matter,” police said at the time.
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