Jarrod Charles spent eight years in jail after kidnapping and assaulting a girl in Prince Albert. He was released last year after serving his full sentence. (Image Credit: Submitted/RCMP)

By Susan McNeil

High-risk offenders

First Sask. name added to national child sex offender database is former Prince Albert man 

Feb 20, 2026 | 4:45 PM

The first Saskatchewan resident to be added to the federal RCMP’s High Risk Child Sex Offender database is a former resident of Prince Albert.  

Jarrod (also spelled Jared) John Charles was released in 2025 after serving his full sentence and has been ordered to live in Regina.  

He was convicted in 2018 after kidnapping an eight–year-old girl from a playground in Prince Albert and taking her to an abandoned house near the city where he sexually assaulted her. He then left her in a wooded area and she had to walk several kilometres alone before she found help.

His sentence, which he served all of, was for just over eight years of incarceration. One of his multiple release conditions requires him to live in an approved residence. 

That information, along with a photo, is available on the national database. The publicly accessible tool, that went live in mid-January, is designed to help protect children and vulnerable individuals across Canada.

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Saskatchewan has so far added one name, but Manitoba has added nine, Alberta two, and Prince Edward Island has added one.  

“The RCMP relies solely on the submissions made by the provinces and territories where the offender resides. The provinces and territories are responsible for identifying eligible offenders and submitting high-risk individuals to the RCMP for inclusion in the Database,” explained the RCMP in an email.  

Offenders must have been convicted of a sexual offence against a child and pose a high rise of committing further sex crimes.  

Their information must also have been previously made public by the police or a public authority, which means that those convicted of sex assaults against family members will not be added as they are under publication bans to protect the identities of their victims.  

The child sex offender database is not connected to the national sex offender database, which only police agencies can access.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com