Image: RCMP / Mounties in Surrey are warning the public about a dangerous sex offender, Michal Popek (pictured), who will be living in Surrey. According to a news release from police, Popek has received a one-chance statutory release ahead of his sentence's completion in December 2025, at which point he will be subject to a 10-year, long-term supervision order.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Dangerous sex offender

Surrey RCMP warn public about dangerous sex offender living in the Fraser Valley

Apr 4, 2024 | 1:53 PM

SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are warning the public about a dangerous sex offender who will be living in Surrey.

According to a news release from police, Surrey RCMP are notifying the public about 44-year-old Michal Popek, who has received a one-chance statutory release ahead of his sentence’s completion in December 2025, at which point he will be subject to a 10-year, long-term supervision order.

In 2020, Popek was convicted of sexually assaulting four women from 2015-16. Police say Popek poses a risk to adolescent girls and adult women, including strangers.

Popek is bound by the terms of his release, which include, in part, the following conditions:

• Not to consume, purchase or possess alcohol.
• Not to consume, purchase or possess drugs other than prescribed medication taken as prescribed and over the counter drugs taken as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Not to attend any business where the primary source of income is derived from the sale of alcohol.
• Not to attend any business where the primary source of income is derived from the sale of cannabis.
• Not to be in the company of sex trade workers/escorts.
• Observe a curfew from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am except for employment or educational purposes and only with the written permission of the parole supervisor.

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Further, the Surrey RCMP will be working in partnership with the Correctional Service of Canada, Community Corrections and other stakeholders to monitor Michal Popek via traditional police methods as well as electronic monitoring.

Anyone who sees or knows of Michal Popek violating any of these conditions is asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.