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By James Peters

Jessie Dean Kowalchuk

Man who helped his own arrest by contacting CFJC given 14-day jail sentence

May 17, 2019 | 11:58 AM

KAMLOOPS — A man who helped in his own arrest by disclosing his location to CFJC Today has been sentenced to 14 days in jail.

Jessie Dean Kowalchuk was also given one year’s probation. Kowalchuk was featured on CFJC Today as one of the Kamloops Crime Stoppers Most Wanted fugitives.

He subsequently contacted CFJC, telling us in a mocking message that he had been living in Edmonton for three years, and saying RCMP had “missed the boat” on arresting him.

CFJC passed that information along to the Kamloops RCMP detachment, who applied to have his warrant extended to Alberta. Kowalchuk was arrested last week in Edmonton and brought back to Kamloops to face his breach charge.

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