NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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The repeat offender parole enforcement (R.O.P.E.) squad would like to advise the public that a federal offender who went unlawfully at large on June 6 has been apprehended in Cambridge.
Derek Powell was located and arrested by the provincial R.O.P.E. squad.
He is currently on a long-term supervision order after serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence for:
- Assault with a weapon
- Utter threats to cause death/harm
- Forcible confinement
- Assault of a peace officer
- Mischief in relation to property
- Fail to comply with a probation order
The provincial R.O.P.E. squad would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in this investigation.
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