Chatty Newfoundland fugitive responds to police ‘wanted’ posting on Facebook
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland police got an unexpected response when they posted a “wanted” notice on their Facebook page — a conversation with what appeared to be a very chatty fugitive.
A man identifying himself as Brandon Melbourne told police he would turn himself in on five arrest warrants, and also responded to commenters who suggested he looked like the person caught on camera robbing a BMO Financial Group in St. John’s.
“B’ys oh b’ys, I look far from the BMO suspect — different glasses, bigger nose and no neck tattoo, but yet I’m ‘guilty’,” he said, chastising people for acting “like it’s the 70s and tattoos are a bad thing.”
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary had posted Saturday they had five outstanding warrants for Melbourne, 24, all unrelated to the BMO robbery the day before. But commenters soon suggested he looked like the person in the surveillance photo from a previous posting on the BMO robbery.