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Escaped Saskatchewan prisoner who taunted police on Facebook back in jail

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Feb, 2015 12:00 AM

BLACK LAKE, Sask. — A 21-year-old man who taunted police on Facebook after he escaped custody in northern Saskatchewan is back in jail.

RCMP in Stony Rapids say Solomon Toutsaint was arrested on Sunday at a residence in Black Lake with full co-operation from the homeowner.

He is back behind bars in Stony Rapids.

Police say Toutsaint ran away after a court appearance in Black Lake on Jan. 21.

RCMP said that updates on his Facebook page started appearing after that which said: "Catch me if you can lol'' and "Imma bad boy.''

Toutsaint was facing two counts of break and enter before he escaped.

He was to appeared in court Tuesday.

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