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Police rearrest man who walked away from Saint John halfway house

Troy Miller, who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, has been taken into custody by Saint John police. Saint John Police Force

An offender who walked away from a halfway house in Saint John and was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested, according to police.

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The Saint John Police Force says the warrants were issued for Troy Miller after he didn’t return to the Parrtown Community Correctional Centre on March 11.

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Miller is serving over three years for three counts of assault use of force, assault with a weapon, forcible confinement, sexual assault, uttering threats to cause death or harm, and failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking.

In a social media statement Thursday morning, police stated Miller has been arrested and taken back into custody.

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Miller was the second offender to walk away from the halfway house in a week. Dylan McNamara, 21, who is serving just over two-and-a-half years for armed robbery, assault and mischief, also failed to return to the halfway house.

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He too was arrested again earlier this week.

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