Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has located the inmate who was at large from Beaver Creek Institute in Gravenhurst, ON.
On January 5, 2025 at 7:40 p.m. Bracebridge OPP responded to a report from Beaver Creek Institute in Gravenhurst, ON that an inmate, 41-year-old Jamesie KOWNIRK, of Iqaluit, Nunavut, was unaccounted for during a scheduled head count at dinner and it is presumed that he eloped from the correctional facility grounds.
Police worked closely with Beaver Creek Institution to locate the inmate and the OPP K-9 Unit along with the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) conducted a search in the area.
At 9:19 p.m. the male party was located by OPP K-9 and taken back into custody.
Police would like to thank members of the public for their patience and vigilance.
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He “eloped”??
Your editor..if you have one…is absent all too often.