--- title: Man Arrested After Revealing Hiding Spot From Police on Snapchat description: Police: "Always remain humble, my friends" canonical: https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-25T17:24:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:58.456Z og:title: Man Arrested After Revealing His Hiding Spot on Snapchat og:description: Police: "Always remain humble, my friends" og:url: https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b56c9efe7e0e752/6987852c524fc015d2ded151/460110345.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FRANCE-US-IT-INTERNET-SECURITY-SNAPCHAT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Arrested After Revealing His Hiding Spot on Snapchat twitter:description: Police: "Always remain humble, my friends" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b56c9efe7e0e752/6987852c524fc015d2ded151/460110345.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Arrested After Revealing Hiding Spot on Snapchat ## Video: Alibaba Helps Push Snapchat Valuation to $15 Billion [Watch (HLS stream): Alibaba Helps Push Snapchat Valuation to $15 Billion](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZTFQWOjd.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-03-12. During Snapchat’s latest round of funding, Alibaba — the Chinese e-commerce giant — pledged to invest $200 million in the popular social media app._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 25, 2015 5:24 PM UTC  The logo of mobile app "Snapchat" is displayed on a tablet The logo of mobile app "Snapchat" is displayed on a tabletLIONEL BONAVENTURE—AFP/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 25, 2015 5:24 PM UTC A man was successfully evading arrest for burglary until he sent friends a Snapchat that revealed he was hiding in a cabinet during a police search. Just as the Somerset, Maine, police were wrapping up what they thought was an unsuccessful search, they received phone calls from people who followed the alleged thief, Christopher Wallace, 24, on Snapchat. According to the police, Wallace shared very specific details about his hiding place in his message. “A search of the kitchen cabinets turned up some food, some pots and pans, and also a pair of feet,” the police explained on its [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/somersetcountysheriff/posts/1545104059088469) page. “The pair of feet just so happened to be attached to a person, and that person was Christopher Wallace. He was removed from the cabinet, and placed under arrest.” This was Wallace’s second social media gaffe of the day. Earlier Wallace posted to Snapchat that he had returned to his house after weeks on the lam. He allegedly stole a propane cook stove and cast iron wood stove from a campground in January, the _Bangor Daily News_ [reports](https://bangordailynews.com/2015/03/23/news/mid-maine/snapchat-leads-somerset-county-sheriffs-deputies-to-wanted-man/). Also arrested was 20-year-old Erika Hall, the police’s Facebook explains, for the following: “Hindering apprehension, because…well…let’s put it this way, when the police ask you multiple times if someone is in the house, and you answer repeatedly that they are not in the house, and that you have not seen said person in ‘weeks’, you’re just going to get arrested. That’s how it happens.” Moral of the story? “Always remain humble, my friends.” _Read next:_ [_8 Outstanding Google Tools You Should Know About_](http://time.com/3722820/8-outstanding-google-tools/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/"},"headline":"Man Arrested After Revealing Hiding Spot on Snapchat","datePublished":"2015-03-25T17:24:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:58.456Z","description":"Police: \"Always remain humble, my friends\"","url":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b56c9efe7e0e752/6987852c524fc015d2ded151/460110345.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b56c9efe7e0e752/6987852c524fc015d2ded151/460110345.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-US-IT-INTERNET-SECURITY-SNAPCHAT","caption":"FRANCE-US-IT-INTERNET-SECURITY-SNAPCHAT","creditText":"LIONEL BONAVENTURE—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/","name":"Man Arrested After Revealing Hiding Spot on Snapchat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alibaba Helps Push Snapchat Valuation to $15 Billion","description":"During Snapchat’s latest round of funding, Alibaba — the Chinese e-commerce giant — pledged to invest $200 million in the popular social media app.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZTFQWOjd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-12T18:12:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZTFQWOjd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3758284/maine-man-arrested-snapchat-hiding-spot/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```