Vancouver police are on the lookout for a federal offender who never returned to his halfway house on New Year’s Eve.
According to police, Chad Patrick Poitras has a criminal record that includes convictions for assaults as well as weapon, drug and driving offences.
The 33-year-old was serving the tail end of a two-and-a-half-year sentence in a Corrections Canada residential facility in Vancouver.
Poitras is described as Indigenous, 5’10” and 220 pounds. He has short, reddish-brown hair, is clean shaven, and has several tattoos, including a scorpion on the right side of his neck.
Anyone who sees him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact Vancouver police.
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