Inmate escapes from Stony Mountain Institution north of Winnipeg
Staff discovered the man missing at some point on Monday
A 41-year-old prison inmate is on the loose after escaping Stony Mountain Institution, says the Correctional Service of Canada.
Staff at the prison, about 10 kilometres north of Winnipeg, discovered on Monday that Jason David Vanwyck was gone. No information was provided by the CSC on when that realization was made.
The RCMP was immediately contacted and a warrant was issued for Vanwyck's arrest, according to a news release from the CSC on Monday.
Vanwyck is described as six feet tall and 241 pounds with green eyes and brown hair.
He is serving a sentence of just over two years for breaking and entering, theft, assault with a weapon, uttering threats to cause death or harm and mischief.
The CSC did not say when Vanwyck began his sentence.
Anyone with information on his location is urged to contact police.