The High-Risk Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for executing warrants within the Halifax Regional Municipality as well as other areas, and facilitates requests for locating people from other agencies.
Wanted Wednesday
Every week, HEAT selects a person with outstanding warrants whom police have been unable to locate. Each Wednesday, their photos and details related to their outstanding warrants will be shared online. Whether these people turn themselves in, or police receive information on their whereabouts from the public, the goal is to locate and arrest each person who has been featured.
Stats
As of November 13, 2019, 107 of 147 people profiled have had their warrants addressed.
What should I do if I see someone from the Wanted Wednesday List?
Do not approach them.
If you see or have information regarding the people profiled as part of Wanted Wednesday, contact police at 902.490.5016 (Halifax Regional Police) or 902. 244.7208 (Halifax District RCMP). Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submitting a secure web tip.
Wanted Wednesday list
Halifax Regional Police is providing the following photos and information to the public in order to assist police in locating these individuals. When a candidate addresses their warrant, their photos and information are removed from Halifax Regional Police's online sites.
The list will be kept for a three-month period. The first Monday in each quarter, the candidates who remain on the list will be removed whether or not their warrants have been addressed with the exception of the previous week's candidate. Exceptions to this process may be made at the HEAT Unit's discretion. Candidates previously featured on the list may be added to a future list.
This list will be updated each Wednesday as well as when a person has addressed their warrant and/or at the beginning of each quarter.
You can also stay tuned to the High-risk Enforcement Action Team Twitter account, the Halifax Regional Police Facebook or Twitter accounts, RCMP Facebook or Twitter accounts, or follow #WantedWednesdayHfx
The following candidates have not addressed their warrants:
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October 2, 2019
James Joseph Leblanc
Wanted for: Assault: Theft under $5,000 (x3), possession under $5,000 (x3).
Age: 46
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Weight: 104 kg (229 lbs)
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Photo taken: July 25, 2018
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October 16, 2019
Travis Paul Hooper
Wanted for: Assault causing bodily harm (x2), assault with a weapon.
Age: 30
Height: 170 cm (5'7")
Weight: 64 kg (141 lbs)
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Photo taken: August 9, 2019
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October 30, 2019
Warren Jesse Howatt
Wanted: Assault with a weapon, breach of probation, failing to comply with recognizance or undertaking (x 4), at larger on undertaking or recognizance and fail to attend court.
Age: 26
Height: 173 cm (5’8”)
Weight: 65 kg (143 lbs)
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Blue
Photo taken: January 11, 2019
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November 13, 2019
Junyu Liu
Wanted: Assault (x2), mischief, uttering threats, fail to comply with an undertaking (x2) and failing to attend court.
Age: 21
Height: 155 cm (5’1”)
Weight: 77 kg (170 lbs)
Hair colour: Black
Eye colour: Brown
Photo taken: September 2018