Escaped Prisoner Taunts Police on Facebook

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:41 am

LONDON (Dec. 29) -- 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.

Story Link: Craig "Lazie" Lynch, Escaped Prisoner, Taunts British Police on Facebook - Sphere News

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:44 am

I just Googled his facebook page for anyone that may be interested. He just updated the page about an hour ago. IMO, he's one crazy dude.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Craig-Laz ... 3291243273

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:53 pm

What a lowlife!

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:05 pm

They'll get him.

Post by **LarsMac** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:18 pm

Yawn

His mama must be so proud.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:32 am

The longer he does it the sooner he'll be caught

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:06 am

Wow, the guy escaped from a minimum security facility with no guards or anything, no wonder he is becoming a hero to the low lives.

But this is how things work these days:

The news will continue to spread.

He will get even more followers

The police will catch him

There will be fans and a media frenzy

He will get a large cash offer for his story from some rag paper

BBC will make a movie about his life

He will become rich.

.... This is why our society is crumbling folks