After escaping custody, Dustin Racette has been arrested.

On August 14, 2019, at approximately 11:40 pm, Dauphin RCMP received a report that a prisoner had just escaped from the custody of Manitoba Corrections Officers.

Dustin Joseph Racette, a 34-year-old male from Dauphin, assaulted then ran from Corrections Officers as he was being treated at the Dauphin hospital.

An immediate search of the area by Corrections and the RCMP failed to locate Racette as it was believed he had been picked up in a nearby waiting vehicle.

Racette is charged with Escaping Lawful Custody, Assault with a Weapon, and Assault a Police Officer with a Weapon.