Prince George, B.C. – A Canada wide  warrant  remains in effect  as  Police continue their efforts to locate federal offender Barrie Quirt Friesen.

A warrant was issued for his arrest  January 10^th, 2012 after he failed to report from jail to his assigned Community Based Residential Facility in Kamloops to serve his remaining sentence in the community.  Friesen is a prolific offender with over 88 previous convictions.

Friesen has used a number of different aliases since his disappearance and made several attempts to take financial advantage of others. He has a history of taking vehicles without consent and driving impaired, among a number of other offences.

Police are asking that anyone who may have been in contact with this man or received any suspicious or threatening calls for money to report the information immediately. Friesen does have a history of violence and should not be approached.

He is described as: Caucasian, 5’9" tall, 177 lbs with brown /gray hair.  His eyes are blue.  He has several tatoos; “Katrina” on left wrist, panther right upper arm, dagger and snake right forearm, rose “cindy” flowers left forearm, “cityof angels” left wrist and others.