Pokémon Go, the game that has become the latest craze around the world, has gotten many to venture outside when they would normally be sitting on the couch, and while it can be good to see people up and moving, for one teen in Germany, it led to his arrest.
An 18-year-old man who had been on the run from the police after evading a prison sentence was arrested after police in the town of Trier were called to investigate a group of Pokémon Go players that were said to have been showing “peculiar behavior”.
The “peculiar behavior” more than likely was just regular gameplay, but when the three players were questioned by police, the 18-year-old fugitive failed at his attempts to assume a fake identity and was arrested on the spot.
He is now serving a six-month sentence at a youth detention center — a side effect that most Pokémon Go players will hopefully not see for themselves.
