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The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is asking for the public’s help locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant following an alleged breach of statutory release.
Police say 36-year-old Mathieu Kingsley is serving a two-year-and-one-day sentence for break and enter and committing an indictable offence, theft over $5,000, failing to comply with a probation order, theft under $5,000 and fraud under $5,000.
Kingsley is described as a Caucasian man who is five-foot-10 and weighs about 176 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes.
Authorities say he is known to frequent communities in eastern Ontario, including Hawkesbury, L’Orignal, Cornwall and Ottawa, as well as several communities in Quebec, including Shawinigan, Lachute, Saint-Jérôme and Sainte-Adèle.
Anyone who has had contact with Kingsley or has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Provincial R.O.P.E. Squad at 416-808-5900 or toll-free at 1-866-870-7673.
Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Police are reminding members of the public not to approach Kingsley if they encounter him and to call 911 if immediate police assistance is required.
(Steve Berard)
