Regina police are warning the public about the release of a high-risk offender with a history of committing violent sexual crimes against women.

Police say 52-year-old Eugene George Laramee has been known to carry knives and firearms, and has committed several violent robberies, in addition to sexual offences.

Laramee is being released on strict conditions, including a nightly curfew.

He is described as a Caucasian man, five-foot-eleven and 225 pounds with brown, greying hair, brown eyes and a full moustache.