The Nanaimo RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 32-year-old Michael Leighton, who is wanted on one count of Assault from Saanich Police Department, and ten property-related warrants originating from Comox Valley RCMP.
Leighton is also a suspect in a recent break, enter, and theft from Nanaimo in which storage lockers were broken into. Stolen from the lockers was an estimated $40,000 in Canadian silver coins and a Ruger pistol.
Leighton is a Caucasian male, 5 ft. 11, 175 pounds with dark hair. He sports a beard and mustache and often ties his hair in a man bun. The picture provided of Leighton is recent and he is associated with a silver/white 2008 Mercedes with BC plate KW512L.
If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Michael Leighton, please call the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345.
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