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ROPE Squad searching for suspect with ties to London

The ROPE Squad is searching for 54-year-old Richard Weerts who's wanted for allegedly breaching his parole.
The ROPE Squad is searching for 54-year-old Richard Weerts who's wanted for allegedly breaching his parole. ROPE Squad

The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Squad is asking residents to let them know if they encounter a suspect who has ties to London.

Officers say 54-year-old Richard Weerts is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for allegedly breaching his parole conditions.

He was serving a three-year and nine-month sentence for robbery and possession of a weapon.

Weerts is also known to frequent Toronto and Kingston.

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Investigators have described Weerts as Indigenous, five feet, nine inches tall, and 168 pounds. Officers say he has black hair and a brown right eye. His left eye is missing and has a tear-drop tattoo just below it. Weerts has a tomahawk tattooed on his right cheek and several other tattoos on both his arms.

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If you have any information about where Weerts may be, you’re asked to contact the ROPE Squad at 1-866-870-7673, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or 911.

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