Man replies to his own Wanted post shared by police on Facebook and it's hilarious

A male fugitive has become a viral sensation after he replied to a Facebook post shared by police declaring him wanted.

As part of its "Wanted Wednesdays" bulletin, the Richland Police Department posted an ad announcing that Anthony Akers, 38, was wanted by the Washington state Department of Corrections for failing to comply with sentencing. 

The Facebook post read:

Wanted Wednesday! Anthony Akers (38) is wanted by the Department of Corrections for Failure to Comply. If y

Few hours after the post was shared, Akers replied and told the police to "calm down" that he was going to turn himself in.

He wrote:

Calm down, I'm going to turn myself in.

However, when Mr Akers did not show up Richland Police reached out via the same comment thread, informing him that they still haven't seen him. They also made him aware of their hours of operations and a non-emergency number he can contact if he needs transportation. 

He then replied to the police:

Thank you, tyding up a couple loose ends since I will probably be in there for a month. Should be in there in the next 48 hours.

But after 48 hours passed and Mr Akers still did not turn up, social media users who had been following the conversation got interested. 

"Has he turned himself in," one Facebook commenter posted. 

"He has not," the police replied.