{"id":211254,"date":"2025-11-19T17:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=211254"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:46:34","slug":"inmates-attempted-escape-using-makeshift-tennis-racket-snowshoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/inmates-attempted-escape-using-makeshift-tennis-racket-snowshoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmates attempted escape using makeshift tennis-racket snowshoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rodney Cobb has pled guilty in a Bracebridge courtroom to escaping from lawful custody following a brief but unusual getaway attempt from Beaver Creek Institution earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that on March 16, 2025, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Bracebridge OPP received a call from Beaver Creek staff reporting that two inmates were unaccounted for. The pair had walked off the property, up a hill, and into the surrounding forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OPP Emergency Response Team and K9 Unit were deployed and began tracking the men through deep snow. Roughly an hour later, officers located the pair about one kilometre from the facility. Police also found broken pieces of tennis rackets the inmates had fashioned into makeshift snowshoes in an effort to move more easily through the terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the arrest, officers recovered 74 vape pens and two canisters of nitrous oxide in the inmates\u2019 possession. Both men were taken back into custody and charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cobb\u2019s matter was adjourned for sentencing.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Cobb has pled guilty in a Bracebridge courtroom to escaping from lawful custody following a brief but unusual getaway attempt from Beaver Creek Institution earlier this year. 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