Vancouver repeat offender back in custody two hours after release: VPD
Posted October 18, 2022 7:51 pm.
Last Updated October 18, 2022 8:05 pm.
A repeat offender is back in the Vancouver Police Department’s custody after he was released just over two hours prior.
In a statement released Tuesday, the VPD says 35-year-old Mohammed Majidpour was taken back into custody on Sunday after officers spotted him walking on the street and began following him.
The officers allegedly watched him steal over $300 worth of leggings from a retail store before re-arresting him.
“At the time of his arrest, the suspect had been out of custody for two hours, 18 minutes,” VPD said in the statement.
Police say the reason officers were following the man was because the officers who saw him were the same ones who arrested him earlier that day for a different offence.
Majidpour has been charged with theft under $5,000 and remains in custody.
His next court appearance will be on Oct. 27.
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Majidpour was released on bail back on Oct 11. after being arrested on Oct 5.
He was accused of striking a 19-year-old Asian woman over the head with a weapon on Sept. 27 near Dunsmuir and Cambie streets. Police believe the attack was racially motivated.
Last year, Majidpour pleaded guilty to counts of mischief, uttering threats, and assault with a weapon after being charged with criminal harassment in an unrelated incident for following a woman.
He was sentenced to one day in jail, 180 days in custody pre-sentencing, and placed on probation for 12 months.
