Saskatoon police catch escaped prisoner, another still at large
Both men serving time for manslaughter
CBC News
Posted: Feb 4, 2013 6:11 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 4, 2013 9:42 PM CST
Police are still looking for Brandon Avery White, 23, who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge on Jan. 27. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Saskatoon Police have caught a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge in Duck Lake, Sask., in late January.
Royce Virgil Bear was one of two convicts to escape from the institution that day.
Officers found Bear at a home on the 700 block of Avenue N South at about 3:30 p.m. CST Monday. Police said he will be returned to federal custody.
The second escapee on Jan. 27 was Brandon Avery White, 23, who is still at large.
He is described a being 5-foot-eight in height, about 135 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
White has tattoos on his right hand and right arm.
Anyone with information of his whereabouts is asked to contact police.
Both men were serving time for manslaughter.
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