The Weekly Albertan

Violent Calgarian sex offender who was wanted since Oct. 13 was nabbed at a homeless shelter after a worker recognized him and called police Monday.

Dean Robert Zimmerman, 44, gave Abbotsford officers a fake name when they came to question them around 10 p.m. After his identity was confirmed, he was taken into custody.

Zimmerman was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after skipping out on a meeting with Calgary police. It breached the conditions of his prison release, which was two weeks prior. Zimmerman was in federal prison for more than three years for sexual assault involving a weapon and forcible confinement.

In 2001, he went to jail for terrorizing his pregnant wife during an attack at a campsite. Zimmerman forced her to perform sexual acts for 48 hours, broke her nose and threatened to “gut her open and cut the baby out of her”.

In 2005, while he was on statutory release, Zimmerman tied up his friend’s 24-year-old girlfriend and sexually assaulted her for nine hours.

A two-month investigation into cocaine trafficking led to the discovery of drugs, weapons and stolen property in four Calgary homes police raided.

Vutha Kong, 22, Todd Earl Mathisen, 23, James Edgar Lewis, 23, Thi Bich Phuong Le, 51, and David Allen McIntyre, 42, are facing 47 charges in connection with the case. The charges include possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and the possession of weapons.

Officers found 439 grams of ecstacy, 26 grams of cocaine, 75 grams of marijuana, 29.5 grams of hashish, .5 grams of codeine and around $3,500 in cash in the home.

Weapons police found include three samurai swords, two swords, a battle axe, a trident and a duffle bag containing a ski mask, gloves, a change of clothes and a replica handgun. There was a cube van at one of the houses that was full of stolen property.

The investigation is not complete.