Popular TikTok creator Terryon Thomas, often known as Mr Prada to almost 4 million followers, has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated felony harm to property, resisting an officer and unauthorized use of a motorized vehicle.
Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, issued a warrant for Thomas’ arrest Tuesday after, officers say, he refused to adjust to officers throughout a site visitors cease, based on an affidavit filed Tuesday. The arrest warrant claims that the automobile Thomas was driving was reported stolen and that Thomas backed into the officers’ automobile and fled.
Thomas was arrested in Dallas and awaits extradition to Baton Rouge.
On the day the arrest warrant was issued, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana posted on Facebook describing an similar site visitors cease incident, together with pictures of an individual of curiosity, who it stated was the final individual believed to have pushed a stolen automobile within the described incident. The publish didn’t title Thomas; it requested for extra details about the individual within the pictures.
The Facebook publish stated the stolen automobile used within the incident is believed to belong to therapist William Nicholas Abraham, 69, whose physique was discovered wrapped in a tarp on the aspect of a freeway Sunday.
Law enforcement officers are investigating Abraham’s loss of life as a murder and haven’t named a suspect. A consultant for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, which is main the investigation, stated in an e-mail that it has “no info for launch.”
Social media posts speculating that Thomas was the individual of curiosity within the Facebook publish unfold on social media Tuesday. Numerous posts throughout TikTok and X, some getting tens of millions of views, falsely claimed that Thomas was wished for killing Abraham.
Thomas gained notoriety on TikTok for his comedic movies, lots of which he was accused of copying from different creators, based on Know Your Meme. Thomas made now-deleted movies expressing that he was unapologetic about replicating different creators, based on Know Your Meme.
Baton Rouge police and representatives for Thomas didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.