A Connecticut police division says they negotiated the phrases of surrender of 1 wished fugitive in probably the most stylish approach doable: He agreed to flip himself in if 15,000 folks like his wished poster on Facebook.
29-year-old Jose Simms, believed to be laying low in New York, has seven arrest warrants and is wished by police in Torrington, Connecticut, after failing to present up to a courtroom date. Simms’ mugshot was circulated by Torrington police alongside with that of one other fugitive.
But on Wednesday, it emerged that Simms had reached out to police on Facebook and supplied to flip himself in if his wished poster obtained 20,000 likes on Facebook. After some negotiation with Lt. Brett Johnson, Simms settled for 15,000.
“It will be difficult but doable,” Johnson famous, including that “If you already know the place both of those guys are, you could possibly at all times tell us that too, it’d save everybody from the suspense of the 15Ok.”
Johnson’s Facebook publish had practically 9,000 likes inside 13 hours. Simms might have to make good on his promise earlier than anticipated.