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Home / News / World News / Cops troll criminal using phone left by him while escaping
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    Cops troll criminal using phone left by him while escaping

    Garima Bora
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    Last updated on Jan 05, 2019, 12:09 am
    Cops troll criminal using phone left by him while escaping
  • Social media is a funny place and it seems various police departments in the world are also making good use of it.

    Like these cops in the US who, although were not able to catch a criminal initially, but managed to confiscate his cell phone. They then trolled him using his own accounts on social media recently.

    Here's what happened.

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    Cops ask Shawn to collect his phone from Sheriff's office 'Next time, secure all valuables before running' Cops' post left the netizens in splits Cops arrested Shawn the following day, updated netizens on Facebook Shawn fled from deputies again, but was caught this time
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    Cops ask Shawn to collect his phone from Sheriff's office

    Cops ask Shawn to collect his phone from Sheriff's office
  • Recently, when Shawn Anderson Hagan, 30, from Berkeley County in South Carolina was running away from getting caught by the local police, he dropped his cell phone.

    The cops then decided to make good use of it.

    They first tweeted through Shawn's Twitter handle, and then posted its screenshot on Facebook, which asked Shawn to collect his phone from Berkeley County Sheriff.

  • Facebook Post

    'Next time, secure all valuables before running'

  • Reactions

    Cops' post left the netizens in splits

    Cops' post left the netizens in splits
  • The cops' antic went viral soon and the netizens were left in splits.

    Many kept trolling Shawn, as one netizen wrote, "Do you remember running from the cops and dropping your phone Shawn hagan? Pepperidge farm and BSCO (Berkeley County Sheriff's Office) remembers."

    Others lauded the cops' efforts and their sense of humor.

    Another netizen wrote, "Savage BSCO 1 Shawn Hagan 0."

  • #DontBeLikeShawn

    Cops arrested Shawn the following day, updated netizens on Facebook

    Cops arrested Shawn the following day, updated netizens on Facebook
  • The following day, the Sheriff's office updated the netizens that Shawn has been caught.

    Their post said, "Thanks to the many tips we received on Facebook, Berkeley County Deputies were able to apprehend 30-year-old Shawn Anderson Hagan."

    They also declared that Shawn will be facing charges for initial fleeing and drug charges.

    Adding salt to his wounds they added the hashtag #DontBeLikeShawn.

  • Facebook Post

    Shawn fled from deputies again, but was caught this time

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