An escaped inmate from the Mission Institution was found hiding out in an outbuilding in Saanich, B.C.
The Saanich Police Department released further details on the recapture of escaped inmate Michael Douglas Sheets, stating that police were tipped off that Sheets may be in Saanich. Sheets is serving a 14-year 6-month sentence for manslaughter, arson, escape and other offences. Sheets was convicted of manslaughter after two children were killed in a Calgary firebombing in November 2004, according to Saanich police.
“Police were later able to confirm Michael Sheets was hiding in an outbuilding in the 5800 block of Old East Rd in Saanich,” the news release reads. “On Tuesday September 4, 2018, at around 5:20AM, Saanich Police located and arrested Michael Sheets with the assistance of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team. Sheets was arrested without incident and Saanich Police will transfer him into the custody of the Correctional Service Canada.”
The Correctional Service tweeted that Sheets had been returned to the institution.
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