Man arrested after sharing own wanted picture on Facebook

A man in the US showed incredible audacity to share a wanted picture of himself on Facebook, but ultimately it did not pay off as he was arrested less than 45 minutes later.

Anthony James Lescowitch Jr had been evading police in Pennsylvania for two months and they eventually chose to use the social network to appeal for information about him.

It seems safe to say they probably weren't expecting one of the people to share their appeal was Lescowitch Jr himself.

He had been wanted by law enforcement bodies in connection with an assault on a man last July.

Once he had shared the image, he received two 'likes' and a number of his friends commented, some of whom wished him good luck in his quest to evade capture.

But the game was up for Lescowitch Jr just a few minutes later, after an office posing as an attractive woman began chatting to him and arranged to meet up.