New York Daily News

Escapes cops, blabs on web, is back in can

- BY NICOLE HENSLEY and JOHN ANNESE

FACEBOOK status: Caught.

A Bronx domestic violence suspect who escaped custody, then ranted about it on Facebook and reached out to a Daily News reporter, is back in cuffs, cops said. Arius Hopkins, 22, returned to his apartment in the Parkside Houses in Allerton, four days after he slipped his handcuffs — and that’s where cops found him Monday.

Hopkins (inset) at first refused to open the door, but police got in touch with his mother, who negotiated his surrender, cops said.

A day earlier, Hopkins spoke to reporter from The News via Facebook, saying he was “trying to get real story out.”

When asked if he was worried his earlier Facebook rants might lead to his capture, he said, “Yeeaaaa I considered A Few Things Ms Lady Lol But I think I Got this ... No Offense.”

Police originally grabbed Hopkins Thursday at a park near the Parkside Houses as they responded to a domestic violence call.

Cops said Hopkins had a gun and drugs, but ditched them when he bolted.

“Yes I Ran!!” Hopkins wrote on Facebook Saturday. “Why Not You would Of To If The Cops Pull You Over Without Probable Cause??”

Hopkins, who’s charged with escape, is also wanted in connection with an unspecifie­d federal investigat­ion, police sources said.

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