A violent offender from British Columbia who fled to Manitoba is back behind bars, police say.
Jessie Gerald Joe Martin-French, 28, who had been serving a sentence for drug and gun offences, left a B.C. halfway house Oct. 29, police said, and headed east.
After being tipped off by Vancouver police and Corrections Canada that Martin-French was believed to be in Portage la Prairie, the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit (MIVOAU) tracked him to a local residence, where police say the suspect jumped out of a bedroom window in an attempt to escape. He was arrested after a short foot chase.
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Martin-French was taken to Stony Mountain Institution to await transportation back to B.C.
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