Man who fled sentencing in B.C. captured in Portage La Prairie
Posted November 9, 2023 4:40 pm.
Winnipeg police say a man who fled from a halfway house in B.C. has been taken into custody.
On Nov. 6, the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit (MIVOAU) reportedly received a tip from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), asking for help locating a man who was believed to have fled to Manitoba.
VPD says a week earlier, the man, 28-year-old Jessie Gerald Joe Martin-French was believed to have fled from a halfway house in British Columbia.
At the time, Martin-French was serving a sentence for guns and drug-related offences.
VPD issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.
With assistance from members of the Manitoba First Nations Police, the MIVOAU officers searched several residences in Portage La Prairie, MB. looking for Martin-French.
During one of these searches, he reportedly tried to run from officers by jumping out of a bedroom window, but was captured after a short foot pursuit.
Martin-French was taken to the Stony Mountain Institution, where he will await transportation back to B.C.
