Saskatchewan

Man re-arrested after escaping police custody: Fond Du Lac RCMP

Police say a 39-year-old man who escaped custody on May 4 has been arrested.

39-year-old fled on foot from RCMP detachment in Fond Du Lac

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RCMP say a 39-year-old man who escaped custody on May 4 has been arrested. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Fond Du Lac RCMP say a 39-year-old man who escaped custody on May 4 has been arrested.

The man had been taken into custody on May 2 in relation to charges including assault and resisting arrest.

Around 12:30 a.m. CST on May 4, he fled the Fond Du Lac RCMP Detachment on foot, heading south.

RCMP announced the man had been re-arrested on May 5.