A 39-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to return to his community-based residential facility in Victoria was arrested by VicPD officers Wednesday morning.
Police said patrol officers located Brandon White about 7:30 a.m. in a vehicle in a parking lot on Fifth Street.
Members of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team, working with VicPD patrol officers, advised White that he was under arrest.
White did not follow police direction and officers used a loud distraction device and pepper spray to take him into custody, Victoria police said, adding that "no one was injured during the arrest."
White was taken to VicPD police cells and will be returned to the custody of the Correctional Service of Canada, police said. He is serving a federal sentence of more than three years for robbery, arson, break-and-enter, and disguise with intent.
