Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

File: 22-18564

Victoria, BC – VicPD officers are asking for your assistance to locate Franklin Cook, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to return to his community-based residential facility in Victoria.

Franklin Cook is serving a more than five-year federal sentence for armed robbery, disguise with intent, break and enter, and administering a noxious substance. Franklin Cook is described as a 35-year-old Indigenous man standing five feet, six inches tall, and weighing approximately 165 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. A photograph of Franklin Cook is below.

If you see Franklin Cook, do not approach him, and call 911. If you have information about where Franklin Cook may be, please call our Report Desk and (250) 995-7654, extension 1. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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