Crime & Safety
Wanted CT Man: 15k Facebook Likes To Turn Myself In
The man said he'll turn himself in if a Facebook post about his wanted status gets 15,000 Facebook likes.
TORRINGTON, CT — A man wanted by Torrington Police has agreed to turn himself in if the local department gets 15,000 likes on a Facebook post about him.
Jose Simms, 29, messaged police on Facebook. Police wanted the turn-in bar to be 10,000 likes while Simms wanted 20,000, so they agreed to split it down the middle. The post has more than 4,400 likes as of 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Simms skipped court dates and is wanted on multiple failure to appear warrants, according to police.
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Simms' Facebook account was used to respond to the Torrington Police post.
"Dam that's a trash pick of me and only 13800 more likes to go nice job Torrington," he said.
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Torrington Police said it's the only picture they had of him, but they hope to get a "good" one soon.
Police remind people that they could always go the old-fashioned route and call them at 860-489-2007 if they know Simms' whereabouts.
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