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Wanted federal offender known to frequent Kingston, Cobourg, Oshawa, Simcoe region

OPP are asking residents in several Ontario cities to be on the lookout for 31-year-old Patrick Chiasson, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. OPP

A federal offender is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after breaching his statutory release, OPP say.

OPP’s repeat offender parole enforcement (ROPE) squad is looking for 31-year-old Patrick Chiasson, who is currently serving a sentence of two years and four months for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from a peace officer and operation while prohibited.

OPP say he was released from the Bath Institution in the Kingston region on July 16, then attended a halfway house in Kingston, where he left the same day. He has not been seen since.

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He is known to frequent the Kingston, Oshawa, Orangeville, Cobourg and Collingwood areas.  

Chiasson has black hair, brown eyes and a beard and stands five feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 181 pounds. He also has “numerous” tattoos covering his right arm and left hand, ROPE said Wednesday morning.

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Police ask anyone with information to contact the ROPE squad at 416-808-5900 or toll-free at 1-866-870-7673 (ROPE) or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or call 911.

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