Catch me if you can
Convicted thief James xxxxx, of Oregon, was tired of the court-ordered drug treatment he had accepted to avoid prison. So naturally, he packed up his bags and left the state, but not without a little virtual taunting.
xxxxxx, apparently eager to boast about his escape from Oregon, updated his Facebook profile almost constantly as he drove across the country. He directed many of the sneery posts toward his probation officer, “Fresh out of another state,” he wrote in one. “Catch me if you can.” In another, he avoided all discretion entirely: “I’m in Alabama.”
As luck would have it, xxxxx was pulled over for speeding in Daphne, Ala. soon after. The officer ran his license and immediately found the warrant that had been issued for his arrest.
xxxxx was ordered to reimburse the state $2,600 for his flight back to Oregon and was sent to prison for 30 months
The Classic “Siphon Gas From a Cop Car and Share It on Facebook” Maneuver
Twenty-year-old xxxxx, from Jenkins, Ky., was jailed after he posted a photo of himself on Facebook siphoning gas from a local police vehicle.
The photo shows xxxxx flipping the bird while swiping fuel from a Jenkins Police Department squad car. The photo circulated through the town of 2,000, and before long, xxxxx was charged with theft for unlawful tanking and spent the night in the slammer.
The incident didn’t seem to embarrass him or deter his Facebook habit. After he was released, he posted this on his page: “yea lol i went too sic jail over facebook.”
Be Careful Who You “Like”
A registered sex offender was arrested in Bluefield, Va. earlier this year after an unfortunate “liking” incident gave away his location.
Dyllan Naecher, 29, fled to Virginia after he became wanted in the state of Maryland. In an attempt to keep a close eye on the local police force, Naecher’s girlfriend, 22-year-old xxxxx, “liked” the Tazewell Police Department’s Facebook page. The “like” gave police direct access to her account, which conveniently included a picture of Naecher. After a bit more digging, Tazewell officers found the pair’s address and arrested both the next day.
Always Log Out
A woman in Martinsburg, W. Va. came home to discover two diamond rings missing. She also noticed that someone had logged into Facebook on her computer, and had forgotten to log out.
The burglar, 19-year-old xxxxx, was easily tracked down and the stolen jewelry was returned.
#booby trap
Two men were arrested in April 2012 for planting deadly, medieval-like booby traps along a popular hiking trail near Provo, Utah.
xxxxx, 19, and xxxxx 21, were tipped off to police after they chatted to each other about the traps through, what else? Facebook. The men claimed they had set up the traps to kill animals, not people, but the police weren’t buying it.
One of the traps in particular was designed to swing a grapefruit-sized rock, armed with wooden spikes, at whoever set it off
Nineteen-year-old xxxxx, of Washington, D.C., broke into Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher’s home in January 2011. After nabbing a coat, petty cash and a laptop, xxxxx logged into Fisher’s son’s Facebook account and posted a photo of himself with the soon-to-be-stolen goods.
xxxxx freebie mug shot led to his arrest a few days later. He pleaded guilty to both burglary and carrying a pistol without a license.
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