Police hunt for suspect 'who looks like Ross Geller from Friends' as social media brings out its best puns

Reports state that the police department had posted a picture of the suspect, showing him leaving a restaurant carrying a crate of cans.
UPDATED OCT 24, 2018

Blackpool police noticed a barrage of comments from social media users after it issued an appeal on Facebook to identify an alleged thief bearing a striking resemblance to Ross Geller, a character played by David Schwimmer in the sitcom Friends. Reports state that the police department had posted a picture of the suspect, showing him leaving a restaurant carrying a crate of cans. Shortly after the post, many Facebook users were quick to point out that the suspect looked like the "spitting image" of Schwimmer's character in the popular American sitcom. There were many who made Friends-related puns in the comments section and shared Ross Geller's quotes from the 90s' series.

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