An inmate who was on the loose after escaping a jail in Shediac has been caught, New Brunswick RCMP said in a press release late Monday afternoon.
Todd John Lewis was on the run for over a month
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 23, 2026 5:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Shediac jail escapee Todd John Lewis was captured by the RCMP in Moncton on Monday after more than a month of being on the loose. (N.B. RCMP)
An inmate who was on the loose after escaping a jail in Shediac has been caught, New Brunswick RCMP said in a press release late Monday afternoon.
The release said Todd John Lewis had been arrested in Moncton but provided no other details.
RCMP Cpl. Sebastian Pelchat said in a brief phone interview that members of the RCMP Crime Reduction Unit noticed Lewis while conducting routine patrols in Moncton on Monday and began to surveil him.
They were able to arrest him, but not without a fight, he said.
“He did not say ‘take me home,'” Pelchat said,
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