Federal offender wanted for breaching long-term supervision order

Ontario's repeat offender parole enforcement (ROPE) squad is asking the public for help finding a federal offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for allegedly breaching his long-term supervision order.

Derek Powell is serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence after being convicted of assault with a weapon, two counts of utter threats to cause death or harm, two counts of forcible confinement, two counts of assault a peace officer, mischief and four counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

The 53-year-old is known to frequent the Brantford, Cambridge, Whitby and Oshawa areas.

Powell is described as a Caucasian male, five-foot-eight and 269 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the provincial ROPE squad at 1-866-870-7673, call 911 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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