LEDUC, Alta. – A sharp-eyed witness at an Alberta bank helped land an escaped prisoner from the Thunder Bay District Jail Behind bars.
RCMP on Tuesday arrested 48-year-old Philip Robert Crosby at a CIBC branch in Leduc, Alta., a community just south of Edmonton, after a tip was called in.
“There was a man inside believed to be wanted in connection with escaping lawful custody. Members of the Leduc RCMP immediately attended the location and arrested Philip Robert Crosby without incident,” said Sgt. Jack Poitras, media relations manager with the Alberta RCMP’s A Division, reached by phone.
Crosby slipped outside the District Jail on Oct. 11, walking out a service entry before taking off to temporary freedom.
At the time he was in custody for driving offences and was also charged with resisting arrest.
Poitras said Crosby is now wanted in western Canada on a laundry list of offences.
“He currently faces multiple charges out of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, which include robbery with violence, impersonation with intent, impaired driving, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, breaching a conditional sentence order and criminal flight,” Poitras said.
He added he believes most of the new charges stem from after Crosby’s escape from Ontario.
Crosby remains behind bars in the Alberta community, pending his next court date.
Local police are unsure when Crosby will be returned to Ontario to face his initial charges.
-- With files from Cam Hallas, CKPR Radio
