Fugitive makes time to update his Facebook page
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April 11, 2012, Wednesday
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A 26-year-old man who has eluded an extensive police search has been making time to update his Facebook page as authorities continue their efforts to catch him.
His first day on the run, one friend of Travis A. Nicolaysen posted to his account: "Cops all over you." Nicolaysen responded the next day with: "ya got away thanks bro."
Nicolaysen has been on the lam since two foot chases on Wednesday and a dragnet that included a police dog tracking him through a Port Angeles, Washington, neighborhood. The dog came up only with a blue bandanna that Nicolaysen had been wearing.
Nicolaysen has been convicted of five felonies, including domestic violence, burglary and theft of a firearm, police said. He is wanted in Washington state for failing to check in with his community corrections officer since January.
A Facebook post from another friend urged him to surrender and set a better example for his children. "You're not getting any younger and you're looking at a lot of time," the friend writes. A photo on the Facebook page shows Nicolaysen with two toddlers.
He's also been accused of assaulting his girlfriend on March 28, police said.
Better make that his ex-girlfriend. In a post on Saturday, Nicolaysen changed his relationship status to single, the Peninsula Daily News reported.
Police are among those checking the page. "Absolutely," Deputy Chief Brian Smith said on Monday.
"We're used to pinging databases and sources of information," he said. "It's normal for us to look at Facebook accounts."
Smith also saw the growing number of comments on Nicolaysen's account - some of them mocking police - as he remained at large on Monday.
A lot of people communicate openly and can remain beyond the long arm of the law, at least for a while, he said.
Facebook tells its users that it may share certain information if it gets requests from police.
His first day on the run, one friend of Travis A. Nicolaysen posted to his account: "Cops all over you." Nicolaysen responded the next day with: "ya got away thanks bro."
Nicolaysen has been on the lam since two foot chases on Wednesday and a dragnet that included a police dog tracking him through a Port Angeles, Washington, neighborhood. The dog came up only with a blue bandanna that Nicolaysen had been wearing.
Nicolaysen has been convicted of five felonies, including domestic violence, burglary and theft of a firearm, police said. He is wanted in Washington state for failing to check in with his community corrections officer since January.
A Facebook post from another friend urged him to surrender and set a better example for his children. "You're not getting any younger and you're looking at a lot of time," the friend writes. A photo on the Facebook page shows Nicolaysen with two toddlers.
He's also been accused of assaulting his girlfriend on March 28, police said.
Better make that his ex-girlfriend. In a post on Saturday, Nicolaysen changed his relationship status to single, the Peninsula Daily News reported.
Police are among those checking the page. "Absolutely," Deputy Chief Brian Smith said on Monday.
"We're used to pinging databases and sources of information," he said. "It's normal for us to look at Facebook accounts."
Smith also saw the growing number of comments on Nicolaysen's account - some of them mocking police - as he remained at large on Monday.
A lot of people communicate openly and can remain beyond the long arm of the law, at least for a while, he said.
Facebook tells its users that it may share certain information if it gets requests from police.
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