Man serving 4-year sentence wanted on Canada-wide warrant: Saint John police

Ryan Marr-Melanson is pictured. (Source: Saint John Police Force)

The Saint John Police Force is looking for a 33-year-old man who is serving a four-year sentence for drug trafficking and other offences.

Ryan Marr-Melanson allegedly breached the conditions of his statutory release after he failed to report to the Community Correctional Centre in Saint John, N.B., last Friday, according to a police news release.

Marr-Melanson is serving a four-year, one-month, 24-day sentence for:

• schedule I/II substance for the purpose of trafficking
• two counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• motor vehicle theft
• dangerous operation of a conveyance
• flight from a peace officer
• two counts of possession of a firearm knowing it was unauthorized
• possession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order
• theft under $5,000
• obstructing a public/peace officer

Marr-Melanson is described as five-foot-five and 178 pounds. He has blue eyes and brown hair.

Marr-Melanson has numerous tattoos, including a skull with a cap on his right upper arm, Led Zeppelin symbols on his right forearm, “Budweiser” on his right wrist, “MARR” on his left hand and a broken whiskey bottle on his left calf.

Police are warning the public not to approach Marr-Melanson. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police at 506-648-3333 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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