VANCOUVER - Vancouver police are once again calling for a federal law to prevent suspects from skipping arrest warrants by moving from one province to another, saying one man living in Vancouver has 113 outstanding warrants in Ontario.
Police say the warrants for 34-year-old Colin Alain Bouchard include 32 for theft and mischief, 12 for break and enter or the possession of break-in tools, and 62 for breach of probation.
But the warrants are only effective within a 400 kilometre radius of Ottawa.
Vancouver police say it's disturbing to know that violent criminals are fleeing warrants in other provinces to settle in Vancouver, and there needs to be a federal law making it a crime to do so.
Bouchard is on a list of the top 10 suspects Vancouver police want to find and arrest so they can be shipped back to the provinces where they're accused of crimes.
The program, which is dubbed Con Air, is used by police both in Vancouver and Victoria, which have to pay to have the crooks sent back where they're wanted.
