Why not just call 911 and shout "Come get me!"?
A Maine man wanted by the cops took to Snapchat to announce he was going back to his home in Fairfield.
Which prompted a round of calls to the Somerset County Sheriff's office telling authorities about the social media notes from fugitive Christopher Wallace.
Deputies then surrounded the house, which prompted a second text from Wallace, saying he was hiding in a cabinet.
Case solved.
Wallace, arrested in the cabinet on Monday, was wanted in connection with a January theft of a propane cook stove and a cast iron wood stove.
The Sheriff's office also used social media in connection with the case - to poke fun at Wallace's stupidity.
"A search of the kitchen cabinets turned up some food, some pots and pans, and also a pair of feet," said a post on the department's Facebook page.
"The pair of feet just so happened to be attached to a person, and that person was Christopher Wallace," the statement said.
"He was removed from the cabinet, and placed under arrest. All of that brings me to the moral of the story. Always remain humble, my friends," the post said.
Also arrested at the home was Erika Hall, 20, who repeatedly told deputies Wallace was not there.
"When the police ask you multiple times if someone is in the house, and you answer repeatedly that they are not in the house, and that you have not seen said person in 'weeks, you're just going to get arrested. That's how it happens," the department's site said.
A Maine man wanted by the cops took to Snapchat to announce he was going back to his home in Fairfield.
Which prompted a round of calls to the Somerset County Sheriff's office telling authorities about the social media notes from fugitive Christopher Wallace.
Deputies then surrounded the house, which prompted a second text from Wallace, saying he was hiding in a cabinet.
Case solved.
Wallace, arrested in the cabinet on Monday, was wanted in connection with a January theft of a propane cook stove and a cast iron wood stove.
The Sheriff's office also used social media in connection with the case - to poke fun at Wallace's stupidity.
"A search of the kitchen cabinets turned up some food, some pots and pans, and also a pair of feet," said a post on the department's Facebook page.
"The pair of feet just so happened to be attached to a person, and that person was Christopher Wallace," the statement said.
"He was removed from the cabinet, and placed under arrest. All of that brings me to the moral of the story. Always remain humble, my friends," the post said.
Also arrested at the home was Erika Hall, 20, who repeatedly told deputies Wallace was not there.
"When the police ask you multiple times if someone is in the house, and you answer repeatedly that they are not in the house, and that you have not seen said person in 'weeks, you're just going to get arrested. That's how it happens," the department's site said.
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