Man taunted police by commenting on his own wanted poster on Facebook

A man in the US taunted police for days by commenting on his own wanted poster on Facebook.

Now, if you were to log onto social media and see a wanted poster of yourself doing the rounds, the options would be either: be an honourable citizen and turn yourself in or lay low and hope it's a mistake.

However, one man decided to take a much more daring option when he realised police were looking for him.

In 2018, Anthony Akers cemented himself a place in the internet hall of fame after commenting on a Facebook post from his local police department asking for information on his whereabouts.

On November 28, Richland Police Department shared a post revealing that Akers was a wanted man due to 'failure to comply'.

It was a love story none of us ever expected (Richland Police Department)

“Wanted Wednesday! Anthony Akers (38) is wanted by the Department of Corrections for Failure to Comply. If you have any information please call 509-628-0333,” the post read.

According to CBS, he was initially booked for possession of a controlled substance.

It didn't take long for Akers to become aware that he was a wanted man, which led him to do something rather extraordinary.

He decided to troll his local police department.

Taking to the comments of the post, Ackers told the page admin to 'calm down' and that he was going to hand himself in.

However, when Ackers failed to materialise at the station, Richland Police followed up with the station's opening hours and asked if he needed any further assistance.

"Thank you, typing up a couple of loose ends since I will probably be in there for a month," he replied. "Should be in there in the next 48 hours."

48 hours soon passed, and Ackers was nowhere to be seen, prompting other people following the post to enquire about his whereabouts. "Has he turned himself in," one user asked, to which the police replied: "He has not."

Ackers promised to turn himself in, but failed to arrive for several days (Richland Police Department)

This prompted Ackers to respond yet again, apologising for his no-show and putting it down to commitment issues.

"I apologise for standing you up. I will be there no later then lunchtime tomorrow, I know you have no reason to believe me after what I did to you, but I promise that if I don’t make it on my own by lunchtime tomorrow I will call for a ride to assist me with my commitment issues," he wrote, going on to thank the police for their patience.

However, the saga wasn't over there.

The following lunchtime came and went, and there was still no sign of Ackers, prompting Richland Police Department to make another post saying: "Morose Monday. Dear Anthony, is it us? Last Wednesday we reached out to you as 'wanted'. You replied and even said you were going to turn yourself in.

"We waited, but you didn’t show. After you stood us up, we reached out again- this time offering you a ride. You replied and said you needed 48 hours.

"The weekend came and went. We are beginning to think you are not coming. Please call us anytime and we will come to you."

Nearly a week later and he finally made it, after sharing a selfie outside the station (Richland Police Department)

Fortunately for the officers down at Richland, Ackers finally made an appearance at the station that week, but not before posting a selfie of himself outside the building, which he captioned 'Here for our date sweetheart'.

What a rollercoaster.