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A Montreal street gang leader has qualified for a second release from a federal penitentiary even though he went illegally at large during his previous one and is alleged to have committed an armed robbery while he was on the lam.

Philistin (Crazy) Paul, 41, is incarcerated at a federal penitentiary in Quebec, serving a seven-year sentence he received in 2011 for having discharged a firearm with the intent to injure a person. In May 2015, the board turned him down for both day and full parole, but the following year, in February 2016, he reached his statutory release date, the two-thirds mark of his sentence, and automatically qualified for a release. One of the conditions attached to that decision was that Paul, alleged by police to be a leader among Reds-affiliated street gangs, was required to wear a GPS bracelet.

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Two months after he was released, he complained to Correctional Service Canada about having to wear the bracelet. Three days later, CSC found the ankle bracelet — and it was no longer attached to Paul. He disappeared for two years, but was arrested in Ontario in March 2018.