Sault Ste Marie, Ontario has been known to do the same thing, but not for criminals per se, simply for anyone who came rolling into their EI/Social Services office looking for work or help - all they would do is give you a bus ticket to anywhere in Canada you cared to be that wasn't Sault Ste Marie. (The work situation was just that damn hopeless there.)
As for someone hiding out in someone else's basement for multiple months, I knew someone who managed to do that, too. Basically, he got away with it for so long by not touching/stealing anything.
I could see it happening.
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario has been known to do the same thing, but not for criminals per se, simply for anyone who came rolling into their EI/Social Services office looking for work or help - all they would do is give you a bus ticket to anywhere in Canada you cared to be that wasn't Sault Ste Marie. (The work situation was just that damn hopeless there.)
As for someone hiding out in someone else's basement for multiple months, I knew someone who managed to do that, too. Basically, he got away with it for so long by not touching/stealing anything.
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