5 – Don’t taunt the police on Facebook…
There must be something in the water up in Wales as not one, but two wanted criminals took to Facebook to taunt Gwent Police. In 2015, Logan Rhys James, then 19 years of age, went on the popular social media network to issue a “Catch Me If You Can” message to Gwent Police after the law enforcers posted a message on their Facebook page. It asked for assistance in the capture of James, who had breached his bail conditions.
Instead of keeping a low profile, James decided to play a game with the police. On the Gwent Police page, he wrote: “Haha catch me if you can, won’t see me slipping.” James had been released from prison after being sentenced to eight months for attacking someone with a knife. Less than a week later, he breached his license as he failed to stay in touch with the police.
James was clearly a hardened criminal as he spoke about how the police had been around to his mother’s house four times and they wouldn’t catch him for months. He then wrote that he was walking around near his house which meant the cops were not trying too hard to look for him. Within a couple of days, they found him and locked him up.
Perhaps James should have learned from the mistake made by Alan Watkins in 2013. He also taunted the Gwent Police on Facebook and wrote: “Wow, I’m on the Gwent police site. You catch me if you can.” Watkins suggested that he would run away to Spain and claimed he was too fast for the police. Then he asked if he should choose freedom or prison? In the end, the police made the decision for him as he was arrested and banged up. Now, speaking of Facebook idiots…