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CTV News
3 days ago
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- CTV News
‘Dangerous' man who escaped psychiatric hospital arrested: EPS
Undated photos of Coletan Bearhead, 29, wanted by Edmonton Police Service in May 2025. (Source: Edmonton Police Service) A man who escaped a psychiatric hospital earlier this week was found on Friday. Colton Bearhead, 30, was one of two men who prompted a police warning after leaving an Edmonton institution on Tuesday. Police said both men were dangerous and warrants were issued for their arrest for being unlawfully at large. Court records show Bearhead has an extensive legal history, including recent assault cases, one of which he was found not criminally responsible. He was arrested on Friday by Edmonton police. The other man, 39-year-old Justin Somers, was accused of murdering his roommate at the Edmonton Remand Centre but found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Somers was arrested by Fort Saskatchewan RCMP on Wednesday.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Both men who escaped Alberta Hospital Edmonton now in custody
Edmonton police have arrested the second of two men who escaped from an Edmonton mental health facility. City police issued warrants earlier this week for the men who escaped from custody at Alberta Hospital Edmonton, 17480 Fort Road, and were considered to be unlawfully at large. Justin Somers, 39, was arrested by Fort Saskatchewan RCMP on Wednesday. Coletan Bearhead, 29, was arrested by Edmonton city police on Friday. Province investing $141 million to expand and improve Alberta Hospital Edmonton How an Alberta man spent 12 years detained in a psychiatric hospital despite not being mentally ill
CTV News
5 days ago
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1 of 2 men who escaped Alberta Hospital in custody, other still at large
Undated photos of Justin Somers, 39, wanted by Edmonton Police Service in May 2025. (Source: Edmonton Police Service) One of two men who escaped an Edmonton psychiatric hospital earlier this week has been arrested. The Edmonton Police Service says Justin Somers, 39, was arrested by Fort Saskatchewan RCMP on Wednesday and is now in custody. Earlier on Wednesday EPS said Somers and Coletan Bearhead, 29, had run away from Alberta Hospital on Tuesday evening, causing arrest warrants to be issued for the pair. Somers was accused of killing his cellmate at the Edmonton Remand Centre in 2011 by jumping on the sleeping man's head 27 times. He was found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. He previously escaped from Alberta Hospital staff during an outing at the Kinsmen Rec Centre in 2015. The legal history of Bearhead, who is still at large, is not known. Bearhead is 6′ and weighs about 220 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, and pierced ears. Police say Bearhead is considered dangerous and should not be approached. Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call EPS at 780-423-4567.
CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
Police issue warning about 2 wanted, dangerous men
Undated photos of Justin Somers (left) and Coletan Bearhead (right), wanted by Edmonton police in May 2025. (Source: Edmonton Police Service) Edmonton police are looking for two men who they say are dangerous. Edmonton Police Service has obtained arrest warrants for both Justin Somers, 39, and Coletan Bearhead, 29. Justin Somers Undated photos of Justin Somers, 39, wanted by Edmonton Police Service in May 2025. (Source: Edmonton Police Service) Coletan Bearhead Undated photos of Coletan Bearhead, 29, wanted by Edmonton Police Service in May 2025. (Source: Edmonton Police Service) Releasing their photos Wednesday morning, EPS did not say what offences the pair have been charged with, just that they pose a risk to the public. They were last seen around 7 p.m. Tuesday, running toward 18 Street near Alberta Hospital. Anyone with information about their location is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers. Somers is 5′11″ and weighs about 250 pounds. He has brown hair, hazel eyes and a teardrop tattoo under his left eye. Bearhead is 6′ and weighs about 220 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, and pierced ears.
