RCMP searching for low risk inmate last seen in Saskatoon

A Saskatchewan inmate is at large after walking away from a treatment centre.

Spencer Norris Bear, 47, walked away from the Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (MACSI) Treatment Centre in Saskatoon on Thursday evening, Yorkton RCMP said in a media release.

Bear was on leave from the Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre in Yorkton and was last seen in Saskatoon around 8:45 p.m.

He is described as Indigenous, standing five feet eight inches tall, weighing 145 pounds with a slender build, brown hair and brown eyes.

Bear, deemed low risk by RCMP,  has a scar on his left cheek and a tattoo on his left hand.

Anyone with information on Bear’s location is asked to contact their nearest police detachment or call the Yorkton Rural RCMP Detachment at 306-786-4500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.