Parolee arrested after standoff with cops
Fredericton Police Force issued shelter-in-place alert for Barton Crescent neighbourhood just before noon Monday, arrested Catlin William Morehouse, 36, between 2 and 3 p.m.
A police operation and shelter-in-place alert for a northside neighbourhood concluded after a federal parolee was arrested Monday afternoon, the police force reports.
The Fredericton Police Force advised people through social media just before noon Monday to avoid the area of Barton Crescent.
“The Fredericton Police Force is currently responding to an active operation on Barton Crescent involving a barricaded individual,” it said.
“Residents are advised to shelter in place, and the public should avoid the area to allow police to work safely and efficiently.”
A shelter-in-place alert is a precautionary measure directing people to remain inside their homes and workplaces.
At 2:43 p.m., the force followed up and advised the operation had concluded and revealed the reason for the standoff.
“The Fredericton Police Force has concluded their operation on Barton Crescent. The shelter-in-place advisory is lifted, and traffic flow has returned to normal,” it said..
“The barricaded individual - 36-year-old Catlin William Morehouse, who was unlawfully at large on a Canada-wide warrant - has been taken into custody.”
This isn’t the first time city police officers have arrested Morehouse on a warrant related to alleged violations of his conditions of release from federal prison.
The force issued an advisory Aug. 15, 2023, asking for information about his whereabouts, and that same afternoon, it followed up that he’d been arrested.
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