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Inmate escapes from N.B. correctional facility: RCMP

Police say 38-year-old Kevin Beaulieu has escaped from the Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre. File / Global News

An inmate has escaped from a northwestern New Brunswick jail, according to the RCMP.

Police say at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, 38-year-old Kevin Beaulieu hopped the fence at Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre and ran off on foot.

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Officers have been unable to locate him.

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Beaulieu is described as a five-foot-10, 170-pound man with short shaved brown hair, green eyes with tattoo on his back.

Police are asking the public not to approach Kevin Beaulieu if he’s spotted.
Police are asking the public not to approach Kevin Beaulieu if he’s spotted. Courtesy: New Brunswick RCMP

He was wearing an orange jump suit and blue shoes when he escaped.

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Anyone who spots the inmate is asked not to approach him and instead to contact authorities immediately.

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