Two fugitives who made a spectacular escape from a Quebec jail are back in custody along with two alleged accomplices and could face charges including attempted murder, pointing a firearm, possession of restricted weapons, breaking and entering and the hijacking of an aircraft.
The four individuals are scheduled to make an appearance at the Saint-Jérôme courthouse on Monday afternoon to face charges related to Sunday's dramatic jailbreak.
Around 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, two inmates at the Saint-Jérôme detention centre climbed to freedom on a rope lowered from a helicopter hovering over the jail. Their freedom was short-lived.
Danny Provençal, 33, and Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau, 36, who has reported ties to the Hells Angels, are back in custody after an operation that lasted into Monday's early morning hours.
The major police operation on Sunday involved the deployment of police dogs, helicopters and negotiators.
Provincial police Sgt. Benoît Richard said the public also played a key part in the investigation. He told a news conference on Monday that public tips helped officers capture the inmates.
Fugitives and police exchange fire
From the very beginning, Richard said the fugitives were considered armed and dangerous. At one point when the suspects were exiting their vehicle, Richard said the suspects fired on police, and officers returned fire. No one was hit.
According to police, the suspects broke into a chalet in Chertsey, Que. The residents of the chalet were able to flee safely.
Quebec provincial police had arrested two alleged accomplices and one of the escapers by Sunday evening.
Police later tracked down and surrounded Provençal, who finally turned himself in just after midnight.
The helicopter pilot, who authorities had tracked down about an hour after the escape, was taken to hospital and treated for shock. Authorities said he is an important witness.
Provincial police Sgt. Benoît Richard thanked members of the public for their help in locating the fugitives. Yves Galarneau, the correctional services manager who oversees the Saint-Jérôme jail, said he'd never seen anything like Sunday's dramatic escape in more than three decades on the job.
Galarneau said there are no security measures in place at the jail to prevent a helicopter from swooping down from above.
"As far as I know, it's a first in Quebec," he told reporters at the scene. "It's exceptional."
Benoit said none of the other inmates attempted to escape.
The two alleged accomplices are known to police.
Overcrowding at Saint-Jérôme jail
The head of the union representing Quebec's prison guards (SAPSCQ) responded to Sunday's dramatic jailbreak by drawing attention to what he said is a serious problem of overcrowding.
Stéphane Lemaire, president of SAPSCQ, said it's difficult enough for guards to deal with day-to-day problems, let alone an escape by helicopter.
He said inmates are crowded into gyms and treated like numbers, sometimes even kept in wings along with members of rival gangs.
The facility at the centre of Sunday's escapade in Quebec is a provincial detention centre with a maximum-security wing.
The Saint-Jérôme jail, located some 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal, experienced a mini-riot by about a dozen prisoners a little over a month ago.
In that incident, police had been asked to secure the outside of the jail, which holds about 480 inmates, and facility staff used pepper spray to disperse the mob.
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