8 Dumb Criminals Caught Through Facebook

There have been numerous criminals smart enough to successfuly commit a crime, but dumb enough to not get away with it for long because they gave themselves away on facebook. If you are running from the cops, the last thing you would want to do is post where your location is at on ANY social network site right? Not according to Chris Crego from New York. Chris was arrested for assault in a bar fight he got in, in which he did not show up for sentencing. While hiding from the police, he updated his current location on facebook and that was the end of his run. The police tracked him down shortly after. In the second dumb criminal case caught on facebook, a boy named Michael Baker decided to cypher gas from a police car and post a picture of him doing so, while also flipping the camera off. Smart move right! NO. The photo was seen by many people and not to long after, he was found, arrested and thrown in jail for theft. In the next case, two men were arrested for planting deadly booby traps along a popular hiking trail in Utah. From what else? Facebook. The two chatted to each other about the traps online and were caught shortly after. In the fourth case, a woman in Virginia tracks down her robber by facebook. Apparently her robber decided to not only steal her diaomand rings, but also kicjk, back, relax and check their facebook! Not only did they check their facebook, but they forgot to log out... Genius! In the fifth case, a young man named Rodney Knight
 breaks into a Washington Post reporters home named Marc Fisher. After stealing goods, Knight logged into Fisher's son's Facebook account and posted a photo of himself with the soon-to-be-stolen goods. This photo shoto led him to jail days later. In the sixth case, Maxi Sopo defrauded a handful of Seattle banks out of $200,000 and took a vacation to Cancun. While on vacation, he continuously posted things on facebook regarding his victory. His mistake was adding a former Justice Dpt official
to his friends list. His constant updates made it easy for police to find him. In the seventh case,
a sex offender was arrested in Bluefield, Va. after his girlfriends "liking" incident gave away his location. While running from the police, his girlfriend made an attempt to keep a close eye on the local police by liking the Tazewell Police Department's Facebook page. However, the "like" gave the police direct access to her account, which conveniently included a picture of Naecher. He was arrested the next day. The lesson of todays blog is "Don't be a Facebook idiot
when running from the police!"


http://mashable.com/2012/12/12/crime-social-media/