Speculation is mounting that Facebook fugitive Alvone Maybury could turn himself in; though some friends fear it could turn violent.

Maybury has been on the run since Tuesday morning when he darted past two prison officers who were escorting him to a waiting van.

Minutes before his brash escape he was charged with three gun-related offences. The prisoner was seen sprinting through the capital's streets still wearing his prison garb and handcuffs. Since then he seems to have enjoyed the creature comforts of civilian life including KFC, video games and Facebook.

Maybury, 24, has been keeping the public abreast on the popular social networking site Facebook. Yesterday he said he would be turning himself over to Police later in the evening adding: "Its to hot to come outta my hole right now."

Within hours of fleeing custody he posted that he was playing video games and told The Royal Gazette his handcuffs were off and he was "free all the way". He sent texts to another friend saying he had enjoyed some KFC. On his Facebook site many friends have cheered him on.

And while some of his messages were boastful others appeared to show a glimpse of his state of mind.

He told Bernews on Wednesday: "I ain't trying to go back to dat hell hole [prison]. they act like all of us there are dogs or something. I told them the other day what happens to a dog that's in a cage all day.

"When you let him out he ain't gonna kno how to act. I'm sick of eattin dinner at 4, or being lock down all day."

Suggesting he would prefer to be killed than taken back to prison, he added: "I hope some one pops me in my face b4 they catch me."

Friends who have been in contact with him said they are worried the standoff with Police could grow violent. They said Maybury was angry with Police, particularly after they raided the family home of his former girlfriend and mother of his child, Malisa Swan, on Wednesday.

But another friend said he doubted Maybury had access to a gun at the moment and would not be violent.

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette asked the Police if they had been in communication with Maybury and if arrangements had been made for his safe return.

A spokesman said: "We are still actively seeking the fugitive."

A source within Police said they did not believe the situation would grow violent. The individual said Maybury had a hard life growing up and appeared to be enjoying the attention he was now receiving.

Other friends The Royal Gazette has spoken with have said his rough childhood pushed him down the wrong path.

Maybury's mother died when he was young and he did not know his father well. His father died when he was 16.

After his mother's death Maybury spent some time in foster care before heading to Observatory Cottage, which was a Government-run facility for troubled youths. He ran away from the facility when he was 12 and Police put out an appeal for the public to help find him, adding he needed to take medication daily.

The Department of Child and Family Services then sent him to an overseas reform school. Maybury has said the place was "more like a prison than a school".

For a while he lived with the Swan family when he returned to the Island and was dating Malisa. However, her mother Lisa Swan told The Royal Gazette that she "put him out" a few years ago because she did not like his "lifestyle".