Man surrenders to police after 'losing' Facebook challenge

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Man surrenders to police after losing Facebook challenge

He even brought doughnuts for the police

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Published: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 7:04 PM

Last updated: Sat 21 Oct 2017, 9:12 PM

Want to know the power of social media? It has the power to make criminals surrender. In a bizarre case, a wanted man turned himself over to the cops after garnering over 1,000 shares on a challenge he made on Facebook.
According to the New York Post, Michael Martin Zaydel sent a challenge to the Redford Township Police Department on Facebook on October 7. In the challenge, he vowed to turn himself over to the police, perform community service around public schools and bring a dozen doughnuts for the department if their post - a screengrab of his private message to them - got 1,000 shares.
The department accepted the challenge and the post has since received 2,354 likes and over 4,500 shares.

On Monday - 10 days after the challenge, Zaydel made good on his promise and turned himself over to the cops.

The police department's Facebook page said that: 'Michael Zaydel made good on his promise to turn himself in to RTPD for his outstanding warrants. He walked in on his own, and not only did he bring the donuts, he brought one bagel!'
It was not immediately clear what charges he was facing.


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