Escaped prisoner wanted in Ontario apprehended by Alberta RCMP
CBC News | Posted: October 25, 2016 11:18 PM | Last Updated: October 25, 2016
Inmate escaped jail through a service entry while deliveries being made, say Thunder Bay police
An escaped prisoner wanted on warrants in Ontario has been apprehended by RCMP at a Leduc, Alta. bank.
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Philip Robert Crosby, 48, escaped from the Thunder Bay district jail on Oct. 11, prompting a lockdown at nearby schools. An arrest warrant was issued for Crosby on Oct. 21.
According to police, he escaped the Ontario jail through a service entry as deliveries were being made.
Following a tip that Crosby was spotted inside a CIBC branch on the corner of 50th Street and 50th Avenue, Leduc RCMP arrested him without incident.
Crosby was in custody in Ontario for driving offences, resisting arrest, and breach of court orders, Thunder Bay police said. He faces multiple other charges out of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
RCMP say Crosby will remain in custody pending a judicial interim release hearing.