NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On July 28, 2019 Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began investigating the elopement of an inmate that had been serving a sentence at Beaver Creek Minimum Security Institution located on Beaver Creek Road in Gravenhurst.
The OPP Canine Unit and Emergency Response Team (ERT) members searched the area well into the night but ultimately determined that he had been picked up.
On Monday, the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) team successfully located 56-year-old Gordan Putnam in Mississauga and brought him back into custody.
He is facing one count of being unlawfully at large and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.
Police would like to thank the members of the public that called in their tips to help with this investigation.
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