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Facebook Live Video Lands Woman In Jail

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LAKELAND (CBSMiami/AP) — Posting on social media is a great way to share with your family and friends what you're up to - except when it isn't.

Markesha Wilkerson, 18, found that out the hard way. On Monday, she appeared in a Facebook Live video from a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, smiling and laughing with a person in a mouse costume.

Problem is - she was wanted by the cops. Tipped off by the video, Polk County sheriff's deputies moved in and arrested Wilkerson for violation of probation on a gun charge and failure to appear.

She's now being held in the Polk County Jail without bond.

(© Copyright 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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