Wanted parolee arrested after standoff
Police operation shut down northside neighbourhood for several hours Tuesday morning
A police operation that locked down a neighbourhood on Fredericton’s north side for hours Tuesday morning was to effect the arrest of a parolee wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, police report.
The Fredericton Police Force advised the public to avoid the area of Dykeman Street on the city’s north side at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday.
Residents in the neighbourhood were directed to shelter in place in their homes, and some people in the area evacuated.
Armed police officers could be seen in the area for hours, surrounding a specific Dykeman Street home.
It was at 12:40 p.m. that the force advised the operation had concluded, and it reported the situation revolved around a federal parolee who was warrant on a Canada-wide warrant for alleged breach of his release conditions.
The subject of the operation was Codi Martin, 32, whom police had been seeking for weeks, issuing public pleas for tips on his whereabouts.
He was believed to be in the Fredericton area, and police warned that he was not to be approached.
The five-hour standoff saw police establishing a staging area in the parking lot of St. Theresa’s Church at the corner of Royal Road and Williams Street for evacuees, where they could keep warm in a city bus that was made available as a shelter during the police operation.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.