A fugitive who taunted Greater Manchester Police on Facebook saying ‘you ain’t gonna get me’ has been sent back to prison after officers rose to the challenge and tracked him down.
Darren Wright, 26, made the taunt after officers posted a mug-shot with the message ‘Come on down to the Nick and we’ll get you a room sorted’.
During a rant on his own Facebook page which he then posted to GMP, boasted ‘you ain’t gonna get me’.
Wright, who was wanted for breaching parole, said a ten-man squad from police Tactical Aid Unit tasked with tracking him down were ‘wasting their time’.
He also claimed the squad were looking in the wrong places, bragging: ‘Good luck your gona need it’ and said they should use ‘fast wips’ – slang for high speed patrol cars – if they were going to catch him.
He even joked he was holed out on the Isle of Wight and might be sailing off to France in a rubber dinghy.
But his taunts simply caused officers to double their efforts to find Wright, who had been wanted since January.
Acting on a tip off, officers arrested Wright last week during a raid on a house in Eccles, near Salford where he had been hiding out with friends.
He has now been sent back to prison to complete a three year, nine month sentence for robbery and vehicle theft.
Officers hunting him later posted two tweets on their Twitter account with the hashtag #don’tchallengeuswewillwin.
The first tweet said: ”A 26-year-old male wanted for recall to prison wrote on GMP’s Facebook page saying he knows he is wanted and the challenge is to catch him.”
The second read: ”We rose to the challenge, did a few inquiries, arrested a short time later & sent straight to prison on remand!#don’tchallengeuswewillwin.”
A 26 year old male wanted for recall to prison wrote on GMP’s Facebook page saying he knows he is wanted and the challenge is to catch him..
— GMP Sale (@GMPSale) April 3, 2014
We rose to the challenge, did a few enquiries, arrested a short time later & sent straight to prison on remand! #don‘tchallengeuswewillwin
— GMP Sale (@GMPSale) April 3, 2014
The bizarre chase began after Wright, from Flixton, Manchester was freed early from jail last June and later became the centre of a manhunt when he broke the terms of his early release.
Police carried a string of raids on homes where they thought Wright was hiding out but they could not find him and posted their ‘Wanted’ message on Facebook on Jan 28.
But in response Wright posted his slang infested message on March 4 saying police should use a 202mph Mitsubishi Evolution X to chase him rather than use Audis and Subarus.
He said: ”All you police goin to all these gafs 10man up in tau vans dont bother coz u aint gona get me ur lookin in the wrong areas.
”Lookin all over my facebook and then raidin gafs lol i know ur gona be reading this so good luck your gona need it and your gona to be getin your fast wips out if your gona try and even get anywhere near me.
”And you already know your unmarked audi s3 and your subaru sti cant catch me #gmp you need to bring out your evo 10 and then its equal so youve got a better chance.”
When one pal posted a message saying: ”How’s the Isle Of White goin Wrighty ??,” Wright replied: ”Wheather is abit windy wez mite go over to france on me dingy and sky jones :-D:-D lol.”
”Fuk sake a4 tdi quattro thats wat gmp had out last nite tryin to catch me lol ur boring me now #gmp. If that comes behind me im slammin me car in reverse and disabling it.”
Another pal joked: ”When I saw him yesterday he dId he was on his way to Wales in a 1.1 ford fiesta in bright pink.”
Wright left no further messages and remained on the run for a further month before being held.
Today Greater Manchester Police said: ”A 26 year old man wanted for breaching the terms of his early release was arrested after officers executed a search warrant on April 2 in Eccles, Salford.”
