Cops make Facebook post about wanted man and he comments. ‘Nobody got money like that’
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Authorities say a Pennsylvania man has turned himself into police after commenting on a Facebook post about himself.
The Bentleyville Police Department made a Facebook post March 20 asking for the public’s help in finding a wanted man.
“(He) is wanted on 36 outstanding warrants (totaling $24,392.79) out of Washington County,” the post said.
Then, at about 1 a.m. March 21, the man commented on the post.
“No need I’m turning myself,” he said.
The man went on to explain his side of the story.
“It’s funny I’m a felon and I haven’t been in trouble with the law in probably 6 years,” he said in the comment. “Now these are traffic violations I owe for and I have been making payments and when I wasn’t able to make payments I would bring myself in and sit it out.”
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The man went on to say he recently found a new job.
“Child support’s like ‘yeah we’ll work with you.’ Bentleyville nope, ‘10,000 cash we won’t accept payments,’” the man wrote in the comment. “I paid them $220 cash 3 weeks ago, who has $10,000 and can just go give it to a magistrate? One single person, nobody got money like that around here.”
Police updated the post at 10:51 a.m. March 21 saying the man turned himself in and was taken to the Washington County Jail.
Bentleyville is about a 25-mile drive south from Pittsburgh.
This story was originally published March 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Cops make Facebook post about wanted man and he comments. ‘Nobody got money like that’."
