Canada sex offender pleads not guilty to US charge

SEATTLE (AP) — A violent sex offender who fled Canada has pleaded not guilty to a harassment charge in Seattle.

Michael Sean Stanley made a first court appearance Wednesday morning. Seattle Municipal Court Judge Karen Donohue set his bail at $100,000.

Wearing a red prison uniform with his hands shackled in front of him, Stanley appeared before the judge by video from the local jail.

The harassment case came from an incident Tuesday morning in which police say Stanley threatened someone who asked him to be quiet. Authorities are still working to re-book Stanley on more serious charges, saying he is being investigated for assaulting a 16-year-old boy.

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