A motorcyclist in Detroit was too quick to act when he started bragging on Facebook that he was able to outrun police in a high-speed chase.
In a surveillance video, you can see a man outside a karaoke bar burning rubber on his motorcycle and then taking off when police put on their emergency lights. Smoke is coming off the pavement.
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Police chase after the rider but give up after a kilometre because the bike is no longer visible.
In a Facebook post, Mike Brown of Rochester Hills writes:
That was enough for police to put out an arrest warrant and the motorcyclist turned himself in to authorities Tuesday, three weeks after the incident.
“Not only is it a confession, it also listed info that realistically only the motorist and the officer would know and that makes it then evidence,” Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh told NBC.
Police say if the motorcyclist didn’t put up the Facebook post, the case would have probably never closed. And the fact that he wrote how fast he was going, police say the driver is looking at a five-year felony.
Brown is charged with fleeing police and reckless driving.
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