Police apprehend inmate who escaped from HMP on foot

CBC

1 October 2024 at 9:15 am·1-min read

RNC says Todd Boland escaped from Her Majesty's Penitentiary on Tuesday morning. (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary - image credit)

RNC says Todd Boland escaped from Her Majesty's Penitentiary on Tuesday morning.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says Todd Boland, 51, escaped from Her Majesty's Penitentiary on Tuesday morning. (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Tuesday it has apprehended Todd Boland, the inmate police said had escaped earlier in the morning from Her Majesty's Penitentiary.

Police said Boland, 51, had escaped on foot after fleeing the Forest Road jail on foot. The force was called around 9:40 a.m. NT.

About two hours later, RNC officers said they had located and arrested Boland in the area of neaby Signal Hill.

"He will be held in custody to appear in provincial court on charges connected to escaping lawful custody," said the statement, released around noon.

CBC News has asked the RNC for an interview.

According to the docket for provincial court in St. John's, a man named Todd Joseph Boland was scheduled to appear in court at 11 a.m. on dozens of charges.

They include assault, assault with weapon or imitation, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and theft under $5,000. He also faces numerous charges for failing to comply with conditions of a release order and probation orders.

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