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Update: Second inmate who escaped from Yorkton correctional centre arrested

Both inmates who were at-large have now been arrested.
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Chase Ahpay (left) was arrested in Saskatoon on July 15. The second inmate, Brett Schnieder (right), was caught on Aug. 6.

Update: The second inmate who escaped from a Yorkton correctional centre has been caught. Lloydminster RCMP found and arrested Brett Schnieder on Aug. 6. He is scheduled to appear in Lloydminster court on Aug. 7.

SASKATOON - Original post: One of two inmates who escaped from a Yorkton correctional centre on July 7 has been caught.

On July 15, Saskatoon Police arrested 22-year-old Chase Ahpay, who was wanted by Yorkton RCMP for being unlawfully at large.

He appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court on July 16.

Mounties are still searching for 30-year-old Brett Schnieder, who is described as being five-feet-six-inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair, green eyes and multiple tattoos, and when last seen, he was wearing a red T-shirt and blue jeans.

If you have information related to the whereabouts of Brett Schnieder, please contact the Yorkton RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

- With files from Craig Read

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