RCMP search for man who escaped vehicle during arrest in Chemawawin Cree Nation
RCMP say they arrested Roberto Easter, 30, for breaching conditions of a release order at an Airport Road home in Chemawawin Cree Nation around 3:30 p.m. local time Monday. He was put in handcuffs and placed in the back of a police vehicle, police said in a news release on Tuesday.
Before Easter was taken to the RCMP detachment, a a 28-year-old woman who knows him went up to the police vehicle, helping him escape, police said. Easter, from Chemawawin, was last seen fleeing into nearby dense brush.
A search for Easter is now underway, but police say there is no threat to public safety.
Chemawawin Cree Nation is about 400 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
The 28-year-old woman, who's also from Chemawawin, was arrested and charged with escaping lawful custody, resisting/obstructing police officers and uttering threats.
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