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Ontario women looking for love are warned to look out for a parasitic "high risk" fugitive who may be out to steal hearts -- and money.
James Taylor, 50, a career con, drug and booze addict, and parole failure has wooed many women who use dating services during his many past episodes on the lam.
"We are cautioning unsuspecting women to be on their guard ... this guy just wants a place to hang out and to get his cocaine, food and cigarettes," said Det. Mike Amato of the provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad.
Taylor, who has seven years left to serve on a 28-year sentence for a long string of robberies and weapons offences, walked away from Beaver Creek camp Aug. 4 amid threats from other inmates to beat him up, Amato said.
Inmate sources have told police that Taylor was targeted for violence after he used one of Beaver Creek's garden allotments to hide his prison contraband and drugs.
"Inmates have revealed that he may have been threatened ... 'get out, or you're going to get it,'" Amato said.
DICK CLARK LOOK-ALIKE
Amato said police believe Taylor is hiding out in the Toronto, Oshawa or Ottawa area and worry he may turn to robbery to fuel his "huge cocaine habit."
When Taylor went on the run from a Toronto halfway house in the spring 2005, Taylor posted a dating service profile in which he likened his never-old looks to American Bandstand host Dick Clark.
Police have nicknamed Taylor "Mr. Charm."
Taylor said in his dating service ad that he took "great pride" in the words "etiquette and chivalry" and he was looking for an "honest, kind, open and sincere" woman.
Amato said prior to his recent Beaver Creek flight, Taylor again circled several romance-wanted ads.
Taylor began his criminal life in the early 1970s with convictions for theft, drunk driving and other offences.
He hit the big time in 1978 when he was convicted of robbery and kidnapping, and was sentenced to five years in prison.
In 1990, he was convicted of robbery in the Kingston area and given eight years in prison.
After breaching parole in Oshawa in the mid-90s, Taylor went on a robbery tear and got another eight years.
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