Cocky Fugitive Issues a Challenge to Florida Sheriff's Department and Quickly Regrets It; Cocky Fugitive’s Social Media Challenge to Sheriff Backfires in Spectacular Fashion

Cocky Fugitive Issues a Challenge to Florida Sheriff's Department and Quickly Regrets It:

There are not many gleeful moments in the life of modern-day law enforcement, so two Florida law enforcement agencies made the most of it when a suspect who said on social media that he could not be caught was arrested.

The bare facts of the matter are that Aaron Johnson was arrested Tuesday by the Lakeland Police Department and locked up in Polk County Jail, according to WTVT.

He is facing several felony charges, including violation of pretrial release conditions.

But Johnson had made catching him Job One after he decided to tweak Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd over Judd’s annual fishing event, according to WFLA-TV.

“Y’all too busy fishing, that’s why y’all didn’t catch me when I left my grandma’s house today! Should’ve waited a bit longer. Y’all accepted da challenge right? #GradyCan’tFindMe #ComeAgainGrady,” he posted.

Grady got him.
On Tuesday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts made by Aaron Johnson.

In the posts, Johnson states, "Ya’ll too busy fishing dats why yall didn’t catch me when I left my grandmas house today.… pic.twitter.com/q9OZvUGPIS

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“Spoken like a real man,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded. “Way to take responsibility for your actions. No worries — we will find you. Bet.”

Taunting posts continued, with one reading, “I done out ran yall several time. #ComeTryAgainGrady,” according to WTVT.

“Challenge accepted,” the Sheriff’s Office replied. --->READ MORE HERE

Cocky fugitive’s social media challenge to sheriff backfires in spectacular fashion:

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.

“Ya’ll too busy fishing dats why yall didn’t catch me when I left my grandmas house today,” Johnson said in one post to Judd’s department. “Should’ve waited a bit longer. Yall accepted da challenge right. #GradyCan’t FindMe #ComeAgainGrady.”

The posts, laden with poor grammar and bad spelling, appeared to be a dig towards Judd and his department for being too late to the scene.

But that did not stop Judd and his team from responding to Johnson and taking on the challenge.

“Spoken like a true man. Way to take responsibility for your actions,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “No worries – we will find you. Bet.”

As the posts continued, Johnson told the sheriff’s office, “I done out ran yall several time. #ComeTryAgainGrady.”

“Challenge accepted,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

In the final post shared by the sheriff’s office, Johnson responded, “OK! I’ll give you and ya crew a head start. Ya’ll couldn’t catch me on foot or in da car last time. Maybe you gonna need that horse or ya helicopter! #level up #ImGoneGrady.”

Also accepting the challenge, unbeknownst to Johnson, was the Lakeland Police Department, after he bragged about not being caught despite having multiple felony warrants issued against him. --->READ MORE HERE

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