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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - A man convicted of sexual offences against two young girls in separate attacks in Yellowknife was scheduled to be released from jail today, but he is reported to be heading to Edmonton.

Travis Casaway, 21, was scheduled to be released from the North Slave Correctional Centre in Yellowknife today. The Edmonton Police Service is cautioning the public that Casaway poses a significant risk to the community. - photo courtesy of Edmonton Police Service

Travis Casaway, 21, served five years at Yellowknife's North Slave Correctional Centre after committing sexual offences as a 15-year-old. He was convicted of sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon in January 2004 after pleading guilty. He was sentenced as an adult and deemed a long-term offender.

Edmonton Police Service issued a warning on its website calling Casaway "a violent sexual offender who poses a risk of significant harm to the community."

The police said he is on release conditions keeping him from picking up and going wherever he chooses.

According to Crown prosecutor Shelley Tkatch, Casaway initially asked to be released in Regina but changed his request to Edmonton.

Tkatch could not say whether he underwent any counselling while in jail.

Casaway is described as five foot nine, 213 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.

While living in Yellowknife he committed his first sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl walking home behind Sir John Franklin high school on Sept. 29, 2002.

His second assault was at knifepoint on an 11-year-old girl walking on Gitzel Street on Oct. 8, 2002.