Shout out to You for the instrumental role you played in the events that would ultimately lead to the arrest of wanted and noted Facebook troll Samuel Evan Lake, a 23-year-old man whose ability to talk a big game far exceeded his ability to evade the long arm of the Christchurch Police Force.
ICYMI, over the weekend a police appeal for information as to Lake’s whereabouts went #viral after Lake – or someone purporting to be him – responded to their Facebook felon request in the smarmiest way possible [“I need to get a new mugshot”], to which the Police Force’s social media manager replied, “Come see us and will arrange at no cost.”
Returning serve, the supposed Lake account responded, “If only they were as good at finding me as they were with comebacks,” before changing his profile picture to a doctored version of mugshot, his face substituted for the steely, blue gaze of Derek Zoolander; his neck tattoo left intact.
In an apt twist of what I guess you’d call ‘Fate’, Christchurch Police appear to have upped both their detective and banter game overnight, posting their “thanks to everyone for their help locating Mr LAKE in Wellington tonight!” – their endeavours soon after outdone by whoever had the time and wherewithal to create a Sam Lake tribute account.
Yes, that’s an honorary degree in banter.
