Standoff suspect ID’d as wanted parolee
Vincent John Ryan Currie, 42 - whom Saint John police said last week was being sought on Canada-wide warrant - arrested Thursday after police operation on Fredericton's north side
The suspect arrested after a standoff and shelter-in-place alert that lasted for hours on Fredericton’s north side Thursday is a former federal inmate wanted for breaching release conditions.
Vincent John Ryan Currie, 42, formerly of Fredericton, appeared in Fredericton provincial court by telephone from the Fredericton police station cellblock Friday morning.
The Fredericton Police Force charged him with being unlawfully at large before the expiration of a federal sentence, alleging events in Fredericton on Thursday.