His life as a fugitive ended 45 minutes later when undercover officers took him into custody, Freeland police announced, fittingly enough, on the department’s Facebook page. The Freeland Police Department Monday night posted to their official Facebook page a photo of Anthony James Lescowitch, 35, along with a bulletin stating he was wanted for aggravated assault. Freeland police got the last laugh, less than two hours later again posting Lescowitch's wanted photo, this time with the caption: "CAPTURED!!!!!! SHARES OUR STATUS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT HIMSELF, CAPTURED 45 MINUTES LATER.” 
 
 Police said they noticed Lescowitch shared their post about him on his Facebook page minutes after they posted it on theirs, and he mocked police in his post as well. SHARES OUR STATUS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT HIMSELF, CAPTURED 45 MINUTES LATER" 
 
 After seeing Lescowitch’s brazen boast, undercover officers used a fake Facebook profile purporting to belong to an attractive women and engaged Lescowitch in virtual conversation, according to The Times Leader. Lescowitch, of Freeland, initially declined an offer to meet for a drink, but when the officer asked him where he was and said, “The least you can do is come out and have a cigarette with me,” Lescowitch agreed, police said. Freeland police said they wanted Lescowitch for an assault back in the summer, and he had been ducking them since charges were filed in November. According to court papers, Lescowitch, who was also wanted by Luzerne County Adult Probation, was arraigned this morning by Magisterial District Judge Martin Kane, Wilkes-Barre, who set bail at $25,000. As of Tuesday, he was jailed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail, with a preliminary hearing set for 8 a.m. Jan. 29 before District Judge William Feissner in Freeland. Like and follow Freeland police on Facebook at www.facebook.com/freelandpolice.
– Note to those wanted by police: If your goal is not to get caught, it's probably not a good idea to "share" your mugshot on Facebook after the police department posts it. That's what Anthony James Lescowitch did Monday, police say; not surprisingly, the move led to the Pennsylvania man's arrest. The Freeland Police Department initially posted Lescowitch's mugshot asking anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to alert authorities. Lescowitch then shared the mugshot and mocked police on his Facebook page ... and was arrested 45 minutes later. Lescowitch was wanted on multiple charges, including aggravated assault, that date back to the summer, but he's been evading authorities since charges were filed in November. After seeing his Facebook post (which he shared within three minutes of the original post, according to the Scranton Times-Tribune, and which included the commentary "lol i f­--n love it A----E," according to the Philadelphia Inquirer) an undercover officer posed as a "fictitious attractive woman," as the Times Leader puts it, who wanted to meet up with Lescowitch. After about 30 minutes, Lescowitch told "her" where he would be; cops arrived, and he was taken into custody. (Click for another tale of dumb criminals.)