KINGSTON

A Brantford man who violently raped a 14-year-old schoolgirl has escaped from a Kingston correctional facility, police say.

Kingston Police alerted the public after a federal inmate walked away from the Henry Trail Correctional Facility, located at 1453 Bath Road, adjacent to Collins Bay Institution on Sunday night.

Police are currently looking for 51-year-old David Maracle, who left the facility on foot and is currently unlawfully at large.

Maracle is described as a First Nations male, 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, with short dark hair.

When last seen, he was wearing green/grey cargo pants, a white t-shirt, and dark jacket/sweater.

Kingston Police and Ontario Provincial Police are working together to locate Maracle, but are asking that members of the public remain vigilant.

If anyone observes someone who matches Maracle’s description and/or appears suspicious, police advise to call 911.

Maracle was serving time for a 1997 repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl in Brantford and on the Six Nations reserve in 1997. He was declared a long-term offender in Hamilton Superior Court in 2009.

Police say Maracle completed his sentence in October 2015 but is under a long-term supervision order, which ensures potentially high-risk offenders are supervised for up to 10 years after their sentence expires.

The correctional centre Maracle was staying at is a federally operated community-based facility that provides a structured living environment with 24-hour supervision programs.