Wanted man back in jail after changing Facebook picture to police mugshot
A fugitive who taunted officers by changing his Facebook profile picture to a police mugshot of himself is back in prison – just hours after the force appealed for the public’s help in tracking him down.
Craig Ramsay, from Aldridge, was wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his release.
The 35-year-old had been serving a sentence for battery and threatening someone with a bladed article in Aldridge.
Ramsay was jailed for two years in February last year, but released on licence in September this year.
He was recalled to prison on October 4 for failing to stick to the terms of his release and a hunt for him began.
After police shared his mugshot on Halloween and asked for the public’s help in tracking him, his Facebook page was updated to replace his profile picture with the wanted image of him.
He also suggested to police that they could find him ‘over here at the bar’, while also hinting that he planned to enjoy his freedom while he could, before handing himself in after Christmas.
But last night after an anonymous 999 call, we tracked him down hiding in the back of a van in the Bescot area of Walsall and he was arrested.
Offender manager Pc Matt Williams said: “Ramsay seemed to treat his wanted status as something of a joke, but now we’ve had the last laugh.
“One of his comments said that he planned to hand himself in after Christmas, but now Christmas has come early for him. He’s now back in prison to serve the rest of his sentence.
“This case shows the power of working with the public to get a criminal back behind bars.”
