Convicted armed robber on the run is known to stay in Durham

A convicted armed robber is on the run after breaching his statutory release conditions is known to hang around Durham Region and other communities.

According to the OPP Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement or “ROPE” Squad, Kevin Okrah, 26, is unlawfully at large. Okrah is in the midst of serving a nearly six-year sentence for a variety of offences including:

• Two counts of armed robbery
• aggravated assault
• committing an offence while disguised
• possession of a restricted firearm
• possession of a firearm against a court order
• two counts of failure to comply with release orders
• attempting indictable offences and
• robbery

He was eventually granted statutory release, a transition process wherein a convict is released back into the community but closely monitored to serve the tail end of their sentence.

On Oct. 28, the ROPE Squad announced Okrah had gone on the run. They described him as a Black man, standing six-foot-one, weighing 186 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Okrah is known to frequent Durham Region, Orillia, Ottawa and Toronto as well as Laval, Quebec.

Anyone with information about Okrah’s whereabouts can call the ROPE Squad at 1-866-870-7673, Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or 9-1-1.