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The Manitoulin OPP is continuing its search for a man considered armed and dangerous.
OPP Sergeant Carlo Berardi says early Saturday morning, an alert was sent out via phone and email about a lockdown in M’Chigeeng First Nation, Spring Bay and the Highway 551 vicinity on Manitoulin Island. The alert asked residents to stay inside and lock their doors while police searched for a wanted man.
Berardi says the search for 32-year-old Victor Branco continued throughout the weekend following an alleged incident earlier that day.
Berardi did not provide any details but says Branco has yet to be apprehended.
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The hunt continues for a man whose behaviour on Manitoulin Island was worrying enough for police to issue an amber alert on the weekend.
Residents in MâChigeeng First Nation, in particular those living along Highway 551, were asked to shelter in place on Saturday as members of the OPP and UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service searched for Victor Branco.
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The 32-year-old was described as âarmed and dangerous.â
The alert was subsequently lifted and the OPP said there was no longer any âbelieved public safety risk,â although residents were still urged to call 911 and not approach the suspect if they encountered him.
Manitoulin OPP continued to search in the area of M’Chigeeng First Nation late Saturday afternoon for 32-year-old Victor Branco, whom police believed to be…