GRAVENHURST, ON- An escaped prisoner from Gravenhurst has been located.
56-year-old Gordon Putnam had left the Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst yesterday, with staff discovering he was gone around 3:30 p.m.
“The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the Ontario Provincial Police and a warrant for his arrest has been issued,” read an announcement from Correctional Service Canada.
Putnam is 56 years old, and 168 cm tall. He weighs 181 pounds, with a fair complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes.
He was serving a six-year sentence for breaking and entering and five counts of theft over $5000.
He was last seen walking north on the Gravenhurst Parkway at 3:40 p.m yesterday, and is originally from Mississauga.
According to a tweet from the OPP, Putnam has now been located. More details will be reported on as they become available.