Alleged druggie taunts cops online: ‘u cant catch me’

Mark William Gross, 21
Mark William Gross, 21
Mark William Gross, 21GALLERY: Mark William Gross, 21
Posted: March 01, 2013

Never taunt police by quoting a fairy tale if you're unsure how the story ends.

So would seem the moral of a real-life tale featuring Mark Gross Jr., 21, of Hatfield.

Gross is an alleged drug dealer who Montgomery County authorities say posted a bad rendition of portions of the "gingerbread man" rhyme online after the District Attorney's Office asked for the public's help in locating him.

The post, typos and all, read: "im not turnin my self ... run run as fast as u can u cant catch me im da ginger bread man......sincierly da gingerbread man."

Gross was wanted on a bench warrant for drug charges.

On Monday, Gross was arrested after police spotted him in a Lansdale parking lot.

He was charged with flight to avoid apprehension, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia, police announced.

In the fairy tale, the gingerbread man escapes from the woman who bakes him and outruns a number of other characters bent on eating him. He meets his demise when he trusts a fox to help him cross a river, and " 'Snap!' That was the end of the gingerbread man."


Contact Mari A. Schaefer at 610-313-8111, mschaefer@phillynews.com or @MariSchaefer on Twitter.

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