Social media claims another dumb criminal.
A man wanted by police made a couple of critical mistakes that led to his capture – he sent out Snapchat messages pinpointing his location.
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office had been looking for Christopher Wallace, of Fairfield, Maine for several weeks in connection with a burglary in January.
Police told the Morning Sentinel that on Sunday night they received tips from people who said Wallace, 24, had posted on Snapchat that he had returned to his Fairfield home.
Police went to the house. While they were searching with permission of the resident, they were tipped off that Wallace had posted a new Snapchat message saying police were in the house looking for him and he was hiding in a cabinet.
Police wrote: ‘A search of the kitchen cabinets turned up some food, some pots and pans, and also a pair of feet.
‘The pair of feet just so happened to be attached to a person, and that person was Christopher Wallace.
The police added: ‘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.’
I am speechless, I really am.
