Canada-wide warrant out for offender with ties across southern Ontario

CBC

14 June 2024 at 8:57 am·1-min read

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for Sean Robertson. (Ontario Provincial Police - image credit)

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a federal offender for breaching a statutory court release.

Ontario Provincial Police say the man is serving a five-year sentence for 12 offences, including armed robbery, robbery, possession of a weapon, flight from police, dangerous driving and theft.

Sean Robertson is described as a white man, 37 years old, standing six feet tall, 176 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He has tribal artwork tattoos on his left arm and a clover on the right side of his neck.

Police says he's known to frequent different parts of southern Ontario, including Essex County, Hamilton, Brantford, Niagara Falls, London, Tillsonburg, Woodstock, and Simcoe.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding his whereabouts to contact them.

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