DUCK LAKE – Authorities are searching for 43-year-old Leslie Sand, who has escaped from Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum-security federal institution.
On Dec. 16, during the 5 p.m. count, staff members at Willow Cree Healing Lodge discovered that Sand was gone.
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) say they immediately contacted the Rosthern RCMP Detachment and a warrant for the inmate's arrest has been issued.
Sand is serving a four-year and four-month sentence for possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a weapon contrary to prohibition order, possession of a firearm knowing it was altered/defaced, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, careless use/storage of a firearm, obstructing public/peace officer, obtaining credit by false pretenses, false pretenses, under $5000, and 10 counts under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act.
Sand is about 5-foot-10 and 146 pounds. He has a fair complexion, green eyes, brown hair, and a smiley face tattoo on his right calf.
Anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Leslie Sand is asked to contact the Rosthern Detachment of the RCMP at 306-232-6400.
CSC say they will investigate the circumstances of this incident, have given the police all of the information available to help arrest the inmate and are working with Rosthern RCMP to locate the offender as quickly as possible.
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