By Police1 Staff
WARWICK, R.I. — Warwick police deleted a Facebook post of a mugshot with the caption “stupid is as stupid does” after receiving criticism, KRMG reported.
Officers caught 18-year-old Shawn Bartis and a 17-year-old accomplice attempting to steal hubcaps, a siren control box and a spotlight from a marked patrol vehicle in the department’s parking lot.
The department posted about the incident to their Facebook page with the Forrest Gump quote and caught criticism from the Bartis family, WJAR reported.
“You don’t say things like that. It’s totally wrong what they did,” Joe Bartis, Shawn’s brother, said.
The department removed the quote and replaced it with “you can’t make this stuff up.”
“In the interest of not besmirching a young man for his mistake, the picture and jocularity has been removed,” police posted.
Col. Stephen McCartney told the news site going forward, the department make sure future Facebook posts are kept professional.
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Posted by Warwick Police Department on Monday, January 4, 2016