Police arrested Bateman hours later and charged him with two counts of threatening death and one count of breaching his probation.
“We know he has a pretty horrendous history,” said Const. Gerry Doherty, who screens and monitors high-risk offenders released into the community.
“I feel better that he is off the street.”
Bateman has a criminal record that spans more than 30 years. It includes violent sex attacks on children accompanied by torture and humiliation.
In 1991, Bateman received an eight-year sentence for repeated violent assaults on a Belleville, Ont. girl that included an attempt to rape the nine-year-old with a screwdriver.
Excuse me – probation?
