THUNDER BAY -- A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a federal inmate who has been known to frequent the Thunder Bay area.
The OPP issued a news release late Friday afternoon requesting public assistance in locating 39-year-old James Houle, who is being sought by their Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad for being unlawfully at large.
Houle had been serving a sentence of more than three years for four counts of break and enter, four counts of theft over $5,000, failure to comply with an undertaking, failure to comply with a probation order, possessing a stolen credit card, two counts of drug possession, fraud over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
He is known to frequent the Ottawa, Barrie and Thunder Bay areas, police said.
Houle is described as a six-foot-two Caucasian male, weighing 89 kilograms, with a tattoo of a tiger on his left shoulder, Chinese lettering on his right shoulder and a snake tattoo on his left forearm.
Anyone who has contact with Houle or has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the provincial R.O.P.E. squad at 1-866-870-7673, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or call 911.