Man wanted after allegedly removing electronic bracelet turns himself in

Casey Cowan, 44, allegedly removed the tracker around midday on Thursday, September 3. Photo / File

A man wanted by police after allegedly removing his electronic monitoring bracelet and going on the run has turned himself in.

Casey Cowan, 44, allegedly removed the tracker around midday on Thursday, September 3.

He has has been evading police since then, police said.

However, Cowan presented himself to the Auckland Central Police Station public counter this morning, police said. He has been placed into police custody.

Cowan was convicted of committing violent offences, and was sentenced in March in the North Shore District Court to six months home detention.

His was just one is a spate of offenders accused of removing their electronic monitoring bracelets and disappearing from their registered address in recent months.

In August, convicted child sex offender David Livingstone sparked a manhunt after allegedly removing his electronic monitoring bracelet to escape his Wellington abode. He was arrested by police two days later in the Hutt Valley.

Last year Tony Robertson murdered and raped North Shore woman Blessie Gotingco while on monitored release for child sex offending.

There are more than 3200 offenders on the electronic monitoring system introduced in February, of which 1832 are also monitored via a real-time GPS system.

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