By Staff
September 4, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
In April the Halton Regional Police Burlington Offender Management unit launched the Fugitive Friday initiative.
It was designed as an opportunity for the Halton Regional Police to share the identity of wanted persons with the public in an attempt to bring attention to individuals who may be living and hiding in our communities.
Every Friday since that time, a news release and accompanying photo has been issued to the media identifying a wanted person or wanted pair for offences in which they have evaded police or failed to attend court. Each weekly fugitive has also been promoted on Twitter and Facebook.
The Fugitive Friday initiative has been a great success. To date, six out of 12 featured persons have been arrested, in large part due to pressure from relatives of wanted people, friends and/or the community as a whole to turn themselves in to police.
The Gazette is preparing a more detailed report on how the Burlington division of the Regional police have made the Fugitive Friday program work and plans for its future development.
The police continually investigate and search for individuals who evade the law and the Fugitive Friday information sharing initiative has proved successful due to the teamwork and partnerships with our local media and our communities. We all have a role to play in keeping our communities safe and the extra eyes and ears are always a big help.
The Regional Police will share “Fugitive Friday” information on their website and via social media through Twitter @HRPSBurl and @HaltonPolice.
In this edition of Fugitive Fridays, the 20th, the 3 District, Burlington Offender Management Unit is searching for Joshua David WEEDMARK 30 years old, of Huron County, ON.
It is alleged:
In September 2014, the accused engaged in a heated argument with the victim and destroyed the victims cell phone and other property.
The accused was arrested, charged and released on a Recognizance with several conditions.
He failed to re-attend court in June 2015 and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He is wanted by Halton Regional Police for:
Mischief – Interfere with Law
Mischief under $5000
Fail to Comply with Probation
Fail to Re-Attend Court
He is also wanted by Huron County OPP (Goderich) for:
Fail to Comply Probation x 2
Joshua David WEEDMARK 30 years old, of Huron County, ON.
WEEDMARK is described as 6’, 245lbs, brown eyes and brown hair. WEEDMARK has a tattoo of a “Cross” on his left arm and may have other tattoos on both hands.
WEEDMARK has ties to Burlington, Huron County, Orangeville, Brampton and parts of British Columbia.
Anyone who may have witnessed this male or has information that would assist investigators in identifying him are encouraged to contact D/C Bulbrook – Burlington Criminal Investigations Bureau – Offender Management Team at 905-825-4747 Ext. 2346 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.com, or by texting “Tip201” with your message to 274637 (crimes).
