Escaped inmate arrested

June 6, 2020
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

News release

RCMP has arrested the inmate who escape from the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility last evening.

Kevin Edward Clarke-McNeil escaped the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou County last evening and was arrested this morning at approximately 9:45 a.m. east of Sheet Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality.

At 8:27 a.m. this morning Guysborough RCMP received a report of a suspicious fire shortly followed by further reports of an ATV on a roadway and a stolen ATV all within Guysborough County. Through a coordinated effort with RCMP in Halifax District and a short pursuit by police, Clarke-McNeil was apprehended on the MacDonald Cove Road.

Minor non-life threatening injuries were incurred by Clarke-McNeil in this incident.

The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance and retweets on social media.

File # 2020-731217

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Contact information

Sgt. Andrew Joyce
Public Information Officer
Nova Scotia RCMP
Cell: 902-222-0154‎
andrew.joyce@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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