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Facebook fugitive taunts British police, has 3,800 Facebook friends

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LONDON - An escaped British prisoner is taunting police and attracting a growing Internet fan base from his Facebook profile, mocking authorities for failing to find him and openly musing about moving across the Atlantic.

But police say the convicted burglar's antics on the popular social networking site haven't gone unnoticed and have appealed to his more than 3,800 Facebook friends to help track him down.

Craig "Lazie" Lynch, 28, escaped from the minimum-security Hollesley Bay Prison near the village of Woodbridge in southern England three months ago. Since then, he's been regularly updating his Facebook page with ungrammatical digs at police, as well as pictures showing him holding a "wanted" sign or making obscene gestures at the camera.

"i aint handin myself in," Lynch wrote in one post Tuesday. "why am i going to do their job for them. What do they get payed for. And does anyone have a cannon, i need firing over the atlantic."

Lynch's Facebook page is clogged with hundreds of messages from well-wishers, although a few occasionally write in to remind fans that they're cheering for a criminal. Police said that Lynch had been serving a seven-year sentence for committing a burglary with a weapon, but did not go into detail.

For his part, Lynch's updates typically center on what he's eating — pizza was recently on the menu — as well as complaints about the number of messages he gets from all over the world. His profile pictures show him shirtless while holding a well-roasted turkey.

"if any of you was doubtin my freedom. Here's proof," he explains. "How the (expletive) could i get my hands on a bird like this in jail. ha ha."

Lynch's Internet stardom has spawned several fan groups (and some hate groups) as well as customized T-shirts and even a song in Lynch's honor.

Fans have flooded his page with praise for his daring, but Suffolk Constabulary spokeswoman Anne-Marie Breach said there was nothing spectacular about Lynch's escape from the prison where he was held — a converted college on the English coast that she said had only minimal security.

"Basically it's an open prison," she said, calling it a place inmates "can virtually walk out of."

Despite the reference to going abroad, Breach said police believed that Lynch was still in Britain. She added that police were keeping close tabs on Lynch's updates.

"Everyone else is," she said.

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Here's his facebook profile;

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...00000517108352

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Latest update:

Craig 'lazy' Lynch BAD NEWS. POLICE HAVE JUST TOWED TWO OF MY VEHICLES AWAY ON TRUCKS AND RANSACKED MY BUSINESS AND CONFISCATED ALL MATERIALS NEEDED TO RUN BUSINESS. STATING TO ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES THAT THE MONEY FROM MY BUSINESS IS FUNDING MY LAVISH LIFESTYLE WHILST ON THE RUN.THIS IS BOLLOX.AND THEY KNOW IT THEY THINK THIS IS GOING TO C...RIPPLE ME THE FOOLS.I CAN TELL U ALL NOW.I WAS GOING TO HAND MYSELF IN 15TH JAN WELL NOT NOW CUNTS

lol wtf? what a retard thinking he's so smart for walking out of a minimum security prison. if they catch him, guaranteed the cops will let him get raped :D

^^

uh thats pretty sick, to walk away from a 7 year jail sentence.

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Fans have flooded his page with praise for his daring, but Suffolk Constabulary spokeswoman Anne-Marie Breach said there was nothing spectacular about Lynch's escape from the prison where he was held — a converted college on the English coast that she said had only minimal security.

"Basically it's an open prison," she said, calling it a place inmates "can virtually walk out of."

right.

He should've just done his term in full. Now his gonna get fucked with a longer sentence and a higher security prison.

Well, it's pretty obvious he's not that smart.

This guy is obviously a faggot. Look at how he is posing.

His page got deleted. :(

Wonder why the cops can't trace him through his IP address.

he's prob moving around and posting through different computers, or they actually just don't care

Congrats for walking out of a min security prison it takes a genius to do that.....this guy is stupid now when they catch him they will add on time and there will be no chance of him getting back into min security. It will be max security for him for the remainder of his sentence

this should go under the fucked up shit that makes you laugh thread

minimum security prison or not, 7 years is worth running away for dont you guys think?

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Originally Posted by yellowpower (Post 6752254)

minimum security prison or not, 7 years is worth running away for dont you guys think?

not if you get caught and have to do much longer time.

plus, what kind of life would you have if you're in hiding all the time?

^ i rather be running from place to place than hole up in a sausage feast jail for 7 yrs.