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Oops! Canadian fugitive caught after revealing his location on Facebook

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Canadian fugitive has made a major mistake that has led to his arrest as he invited police right to his doorstep.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessie Dean Kowalchuk, 27, was wanted in westernmost British Columbia province for violating his probation which was related to three separate crimes in 2015, according to </span><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/oops-canadian-fugitive-caught-after-facebook-location-reveal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SBS.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When he spotted his photo on the website of television station</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> CFJC Today</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Kamloops, he sent a Facebook message to taunt the news show’s producers and revealed that he was in the capital of Alberta.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"News flash morons I'm in Edmonton and not coming back," Kowalchuk wrote, according to the station.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, despite Kowalchuk declaring he wasn’t coming back, he was unaware that the police could go to him. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police are pleased with the arrest.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"We're just really pleased that he sent the message advising where he was living in Alberta and that we were able to extend the warrants to Alberta so that we could bring him back here to face charges," federal police Corporal Jodi Shelkie told public broadcaster </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBC</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"You've got to face up to your actions at some point and you know it doesn't matter where you go - sooner or later, the police are going to find you," she said late on Tuesday.</span></p>

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