This screenshot from the Kankakee County, Illinois, Sheriff鈥檚 Police, Oct. 30, 2019, Warrant Wednesday Facebook posting, notifies the public that Brandon W. Conti has been captured under a DUI warrant. Image: Kankakee County Sheriff鈥檚 Police via AP
KANKAKEE, Ill. 鈥� All it took for one fugitive in Illinois to turn himself in was a little photo manipulation.
WBBM-TV in Chicago reports that the Kankakee County Sheriff鈥檚 Department posts notices about fugitives on its Facebook page each Wednesday.
This week, the department posted a picture of Brandon W. Conti. The 25-year-old was wanted for failure to appear on a drunken-driving charge.
Conti commented on the post and asked, 鈥淲here鈥檚 my costume?鈥�
Sheriff鈥檚 office staff then edited the photo to add a sailor suit and a hat that read, 鈥淎hoy.鈥�
An officer wrote, 鈥淲e held up our end of the bargain.鈥�
Conti replied with laughing emojis, noting he would turn himself in 鈥渂efore noon鈥� and asked that police 鈥渉ave the paperwork done and ready.鈥� The department confirms Conti subsequently turned himself in.聽IB/JB
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