{"id":2620,"date":"2014-01-22T16:52:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2620"},"modified":"2014-01-22T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:52:29","slug":"man-arrested-after-sharing-own-wanted-picture-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-arrested-after-sharing-own-wanted-picture-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after sharing own wanted picture on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in the US showed incredible audacity to share a wanted picture of himself on Facebook, but ultimately it did not pay off as he was arrested less than 45 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony James Lescowitch Jr had been evading police in Pennsylvania for two months and they eventually chose to use the social network to appeal for information about him.<\/p>\n<p>It seems safe to say they probably weren't expecting one of the people to share their appeal was Lescowitch Jr himself.<\/p>\n<p>He had been wanted by law enforcement bodies in connection with an assault on a man last July.<\/p>\n<p>Once he had shared the image, he received two 'likes' and a number of his friends commented, some of whom wished him good luck in his quest to evade capture.<\/p>\n<p>But the game was up for Lescowitch Jr just a few minutes later, after an office posing as an attractive woman began chatting to him and arranged to meet up.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801685259-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801685259\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who shared his own wanted image on Facebook was arrested within 45 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