ManitobaMounties are on the hunt for a man who escaped a police vehicle during his arrest in northern Manitoba on Monday.No threat to public after Roberto Easter, 30, fled police custody on MondayCBC News · Posted: Jul 22, 2025 3:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoRoberto Easter, 30, from Chemawawin Cree Nation was last seen fleeing into dense brush in the northern Manitoba community on Tuesday, police say. (Manitoba RCMP)Mounties are on the hunt for a man who escaped a police vehicle during his arrest in northern Manitoba on Monday.RCMP say they arrested Roberto Easter, 30, for allegedly breaching conditions of a release order at an Airport Road home in Chemawawin Cree Nation around 3:30 p.m. local time Monday. He was put in handcuffs and placed in the back of a police vehicle, police said in a news release on Tuesday.Before Easter was taken to the RCMP detachment, a 28-year-old woman who knows him went up to the police vehicle, helping him escape, police said. Easter, from Chemawawin, was last seen fleeing into nearby dense brush.A search for Easter is now underway, but police say there is no threat to public safety.Chemawawin Cree Nation is about 400 kilometres north of Winnipeg.The 28-year-old woman, who’s also from Chemawawin, was arrested and charged with escaping lawful custody, resisting/obstructing police officers and uttering threats.Anyone with information on Easter’s whereabouts is asked to contact RCMP at 204-329-2004, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.More from CBC Manitoba
RCMP search for man who escaped vehicle during arrest in Chemawawin Cree Nation
