The Fugitive starring Alvone Maybury

Eat dust Harrison Ford...

Introducing Alvone Maybury, the fugitive for the social media generation!

This week, this tiny little island made international news headlines. A quick google reveals pick-up in the UK's Metro, Daily Mail, and the BBC; the Times of Malta; India Times; France 24; The Sydney Morning Herald; Brisbane Times; the New Zealand Herald; Jamaica Times; New York Daily News; The Brunei Times; Zaire.com and maybe more.

As Bermuda reaches these dizzy heights of super stardom once in a blue moon I could not really ignore this story. And the reason was... "The Facebook Fugitive". 

It all began on Tuesday when Alvone Maybury, 24, being led to the Magistrates Court in Hamilton to face charges relating to a shooting last year gave officers the slip. Still handcuffed he made a run for it and escaped custody. That night he began to taunt the police by updating his Facebook page with cryptic messages about how he was enjoying his new found freedom and claims that he may turn himself in. Nearly a week later he has still evaded capture despite a full-scale manhunt (with 27 officers!!) including raids on the home of his ex-girlfriend and stop and searches.

The international interest seems to stem from the fact that Maybury is not only remaining at large on a 22-square mile island but he is also staying undetected despite his use of Faceboosh. Apparently there are legal issues with police getting access to the IP address he is using to make the updates, which could have lead to him being located within a few hundred metres. 

His escapades are nothing in comparison to previous Bermuda-based fugitives. Cocaine dealer, Giuseppe Roncari, was the island's longest standing escapee. Breaking out during a trip to the dentist, he wasn't captured again till 17 years later in the U.S. He sent the police a postcard from Italy at one point. The cheeky devil!

While some fugitives never made it off the island. Convicted murderer, Troy Shorter was on the run for 5 months until he was found in his Mother's basement. He broke out of prison and took the bus home, as you do, in 1991. 

Then there was Omari Gordon who evaded arrests for motoring offences for a year. He was eventually tracked down in sleepy Somerset toward the West end of the island following a public tip-off. 

So it could be a while yet before Maybury resurfaces, even with more than one officer assigned for each square mile of the island!