Man escapes custody in Nova Scotia while being transferred to police van
Posted Dec 5, 2015 06:45:18 PM.
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TRURO, N.S. – Police in Nova Scotia searching for a man they say escaped custody while being transferred to a sheriff’s van in the parking lot of the Truro Justice Centre.
Nova Scotia justice officials say Marc Joseph Pellerin, 43, was awaiting a court appearance on a variety of charges, including theft of a motor vehicle, theft over $5,000, break and enter, possession of stolen property, evading police, unsafe storage of a firearm and resisting arrest.
The Moncton man was being transferred from Shediac Jail in New Brunswick to Halifax for a Monday court appearance.
Authorities say Pellerin had previously escaped a police vehicle in May.
Fred Hildebrand, of Nova Scotia’s Department of Justice says Truro Police, the RCMP and Sheriff Services are searching for the subject.
