He is being held at the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP detachment pending a judicial interim release hearing, added RCMP. Hipson was arrested on May 27 at 8:20 p.m. Hipson has been previously convicted in Nova Scotia of offences including robbery, break and enter, and sexual assault. He is known to frequent the City of Edmonton, police said. He is described as white, 167 centimetres (5’6”) and 90 kilograms (200 lbs.), with brown hair and brown eyes. Hipson is also charged with using a weapon during the commission of a sexual assault, overcoming resistance to commit an indictable offence (choke, strangle or suffocate), overcoming resistance to commit an indictable offence (administer an overpowering drug), and theft of a motor vehicle.
According to police, a victim in her early 50s was admitted to hospital with severe injuries after being held captive. Jason Trevor Hipson, 45, was charged on May 20. Sherwood Park and Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested a man wanted on charges including forcible confinement and aggravated assault.
