Convicted Canadian sex offender, Michael Stanley, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of harassment and resisting arrest in a Seattle court on Tuesday.

Stanley was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching the conditions of his release when he slipped into the United States last October.

He cut off an electronic monitoring bracelet and left if on the roof of a building in Lloydminster.

Stanley was asked to register as a sex offender in the US and was listed on Washington State’s sex offender register as a transient “level 2” offender.

He was picked up by authorities in the United States on October 22, 2013 and arrested after an incident in a Seattle neighbourhood and charged with harassment.

Stanley, 48, admitted to the court that he was intoxicated and making loud noises behind a residence in West Seattle at the time of his arrest.  Authorities say he repeatedly threatened to beat up a male who asked him to be quiet and then resisted arrest when police officers arrived.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges in a Seattle courtroom.

While Stanley was in custody, police were contacted by a 16-year-old boy who told police that Stanley tried to sexually assault him. That allegation is still under investigation.

American authorities say with credit for time served and 154 days of the 364 day sentence for harassment suspended, Stanley will be eligible for release on March 10.

Officials say the time on the lesser charge of resisting arrest was suspended consecutive to the 210 in-custody days he received on the harassment charge and can be revoked if he violates the conditions of probation.

He was also order by a judge to:

  • Provide a DNA sample
  • Obey written anti-harassment orders protecting the three victims
  • Not violate criminal law
  • Have no alcohol or drug offenses
  • Abstain from marijuana
  • Undergo chemical dependency treatment
  • Possess no weapons
  • Update the court on his current address

Stanley has been held in the King County Jail on $100,000 bail since his arrest and will be under the court’s jurisdiction for two years.