Nova Scotia

High-risk offender arrested after going missing from Dartmouth halfway house

Staff at a halfway house in Burnside reported that Joshua James Turner, 35, was missing from custody on Sunday morning. He was arrested in Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon.

Joshua James Turner deemed high-risk offender relating to sexual and violent crimes

High risk offender Joshua James Turner, 35, was reported missing from the Jamieson Community Correctional Centre in Burnside on May 26. He was found and arrested a few hours later. (Submitted by Halifax Regional Police)

A high-risk offender is back in custody after he left a halfway house in Dartmouth, N.S.

Staff at the Jamieson Community Correctional Centre on Morris Drive in Burnside called the Halifax Regional Police on Sunday around 9 a.m. to report that Joshua James Turner, 35, was missing from custody.

He was arrested without incident in Dartmouth at 2:40 p.m, police said in a news release. 

Turner is deemed a high-risk offender relating to sexual and violent crimes, police said.