Jason Boyd
TORONTO – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant as a result of his breach of parole.
This offender is serving a sentence of two years and nine months for hostage taking, according to a press release.
According to an article in the Hamilton Spectator, Jason Boyd, 41, was convicted of holding a 17-month-old boy hostage with a broken bottle. To read the full story, visit The Spectator’s website. http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/773148–convicted-hostage-taker-missing-from-hamilton-halfway-house
Boyd is white, 5’9” (175 cms), 180 pounds, (82 kgs), with brown hair and hazel eyes. He often wears prescription eyeglasses. (Due to an error, the press release issued by police said Boyd was 29, however, he is 41, confirmed Det. Const. Brett Anderson.)
The offender is known to frequent the downtown Hamilton area on a grey bicycle.
Anyone having contact with this offender should use caution. Anyone with information in regards to the whereabouts of Jason Boyd is asked to contact the Provincial ROPE Squad at 1-416-808-5900 or toll free at 1-866-870-ROPE (7673) or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or call 9-1-1.
