Drug suspect issues Facebook warning not to call his phone
SCRANTON (AP) – Police say a Pennsylvania drug suspect who dropped his cellphone while running away from police took to Facebook to warn his friends not to call that phone number.
Lackawanna County detectives say 25-year-old James Lee Hankins, of Scranton, ran away after police tried to arrest him for an undercover drug deal involving heroin and cocaine on Monday afternoon.
Police say a woman who knew Hankins let them search her apartment and they found him minutes later in her basement on a computer that had a page open to the popular social media site. Detectives say Hankins posted a message telling friends he’d be off Facebook for a while and told them not to call his phone until he says otherwise.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Hankins.