Quesnel RCMP ask for help in search for wanted man

The Quesnel RCMP is asking for the public’s help in finding a wanted man.

20-year-old Kelly Gerk is wanted on two warrants after he left a treatment center in Logan Lake, B.C. on April 21.

Gerk left the treatment centre with two other men and is currently on the run from police, while awaiting trial for an aggravated assault allegedly committed in Quesnel on April 12, 2019.

RCMP believe Gerk may be in the Quesnel or Prince George areas.

Gerk is described as a Caucasian man standing at 5’8” and weighing 160 pounds with a medium build. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, and sometimes wears glasses.

Anyone with information that could help in locating Gerk is asked to call their local RCMP detachment, or leave a tip anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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