Florida Suspect Uses His Own Wanted Poster as Facebook Profile Picture

— -- Police searching for a Florida man in connection to a battery case discovered that he was using his wanted poster and mug shot from another case as his Facebook profile picture, authorities said.

"Facebook is a great way to communicate and connect with old friends and family," Cpl. Brian Bossio wrote in a post on the Stuart Police Department's Facebook page. "If you are wanted by the police, it's probably not a good idea to use the 'Wanted of the Week' poster of yourself as your profile pic."

Police responded to a call late Monday night about an alleged battery at a house in Stuart, Florida, Bossio told ABC News today.

Although the suspect had fled the scene, the alleged victim identified Mack Yearwood, 42, as the suspect and gave the officer an address where Yearwood was staying, police said. The officer passed that information along to his colleagues working the next day, police said.

Police said that as they began to research Yearwood, they discovered that he had two outstanding warrants in Florida, and they came across his Facebook page. Police then arrested Yearwood at his brother's house on Tuesday in connection to those warrants, one of which was issued in Citrus County.

The mug shot he posted on Facebook came from that county. The Citrus County Sheriff's Department did not respond to ABC News' request for comment.

"The patrol guys, to look where he was and for some intelligence, they went to his Facebook page," Bossio said. "They discovered that he used his wanted poster for his Facebook profile."

Bossio added that Yearwood was sleeping at his brother's home when officers arrived and asked an officer to hand him his pants. "When he was putting his jeans on, a bag of weed fell out," Bossio said — resulting in a cannabis possession charge.

Yearwood asked police not to charge him for that, according to the police incident report.

He has not been charged in the recent battery allegation because the case is still under investigation, police said.

It is unclear whether he has obtained a lawyer, and he is being held at the Martin County Jail. He has not entered a plea on the cannabis possession charge.