UPDATE Feb. 1:
The Peterborough Police Service say they are no longer looking for the wanted repeat sexual offender. Police say the Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate “in relation to the conclusion of this matter.” The SIU has yet to comment.
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Police in Peterborough, Ont., are looking for a repeat sexual offender who fled his residence after a search by investigators last week.
According to the Peterborough Police Service, on Jan. 24, officers executed a search warrant at the man’s residence. Evidence found there led investigators to believe there are grounds to lay a child pornography charge.
Police said Wednesday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Jason Outhwaite, 46, for possession of child pornography.
Police believe he is driving an older-style white Dodge Ram pickup truck with Ontario licence plate BW88604.
Outhwaite is described as standing 5-feet-9 and weighing 190 pounds with a medium build. He has brown eyes and receding black and grey hair. He is known to wear prescription eye glasses.
“Outhwaite has a history of sexual assault and has multiple convictions of sexual offences against children,” police stated.
Police said there is concern Outhwaite ” is a risk to the public, specifically children, and is a risk to reoffend.”
Anyone who has seen Outhwaite, or has information on his whereabouts, is asked to call 911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca.
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