In a perfect example of the old saying "Loose lips sink ships," an on-the-run criminal in Georgia single-handedly contributed to his own arrest after commenting on a local police station's Facebook post.
Christopher Spaulding had been surfing Facebook earlier this week when he decided to comment on Rockdale County Sheriff's Office's post that showed the images of their Most Wanted for the month of November.
The post had the images of 10 men - aged between 20 and 56 - who were wanted by the department for a range of crimes including burglary, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and kidnapping.
But it would appear that 40-year-old Spaulding had seemingly become offended that the east Atlanta sheriff's department's post didn't include him.
Spaulding decided to comment: "How about me [?]"
To which the sheriff's department hilariously quipped: "You are correct you have two warrants, we are on the way."
And they didn't disappoint. Just days later the sheriff's department updated curious social media users on their comedic interaction with Spaulding in another Facebook post.
"We appreciate you for your assistance in your capture! Special thanks to our Fugitive Unit for being active and efficiently apprehending Mr. Spaulding who has two warrants for Felony Violation of Probation," the post read.
Then, for any other confused fugitives, they went into further detail about their Most Wanted Lists, adding: "Our Top 10 is compiled based off of the severity of the charges only. By not being on this list does not mean our Fugitive Unit is not looking for you if you have an active warrant."
Much of the comments section on both the original and updated Facebook posts quickly became filled with entertaining messages from curious users, who had obviously seen the story go viral.
"How about me sir," one person wrote.
Someone else added: "I had to come see it for myself [...] the guy deserves an award."
"Ask and you shall receive," another comment read.
"When you're the last to know about a game of 'Not it,'" a further user added.
As for Spaulding? Well, it appears he isn't the only felon risking it all for a Facebook comment. In fact, last year Insider reported on a woman who commented on a local police department's 'weekly most wanted list' on Facebook that she was included in.
The woman, Lorraine Graves, was added to the list following the arrest of two men in relation to a murder earlier that year. Police believed she was also involved in the fatal shooting and wanted her for accessory to murder.
Underneath the post, the Oklahoma native had written: "Where's the reward money at?"
A fellow Facebook user had replied to her comment with: "Giiiiirl you better stay off social media they can track you !!"
It wasn't long before the police department cottoned on, and the next day Graves was arrested.
