An escaped Brandon Correctional Centre convict, who slipped out of one handcuff, was on the loose for 17 chaotic minutes..During that brief taste of freedom, he allegedly injured three correctional officers, hijacked a car after pushing a driver out of it, and damaged seven vehicles..Ryan Joseph Roulette, 28, now faces multiple charges including escaping lawful custody, two counts of resisting arrest, three counts of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, three counts of failure to stop at the scene of an accident, flight while being pursued by a police officer, attempted motor vehicle theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery with violence..After a medical visit to Brandon Regional Health Centre Monday, Roulette was being escorted back to jail by three correctional officers, according to a Brandon Police Service news release..He refused to enter the transport vehicle and just kept walking. .The officers attempted to guide him back to the vehicle when he allegedly slipped out of one handcuff striking the three correctional officers with it multiple times..Two officers fell to the ground, one of them striking his head on the pavement. The other two officers unsuccessfully tried to subdue Roulette. .Off he allegedly went, leaping over a fence. He headed to a parked vehicle and struck the driver’s side window with the loose handcuff but didn’t manage to gain access..The determined escapee headed to another vehicle, allegedly jumped into the passenger's seat and told the occupant to go. When the occupant refused, Roulette shoved him out, got into the driver’s seat, and took off. .But not before slamming parked vehicles behind and in front..Roulette allegedly drove over a curb onto the sidewalk narrowly missing one correctional officer and a cyclist..Acting on report of a suspicious vehicle driving along an avenue, police arrived and attempted a traffic stop. .Roulette allegedly “maneuvered” around a police cruiser, hit yet another parked car, lost control and slammed into three more parked vehicles. .Police pried the “actively” resisting escapee out of the car and he was returned to jail..“As a result of the assaults on Correctional Officers, two of the officers suffered swelling and bruising and a third suffered a large contusion with abrasions to his head and neck,” said the release.
