Robbery Suspect Saved by Facebook Post
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace aren’t just for communicating. They’re also for catching bad guys and freeing the innocent. Recently, Facebook came to the rescue of 19-year-old Rodney Bradford, who was accused by local authorities of a robbery in Brooklyn. But after evidence was presented showing Bradford was updating his status on Facebook—from his father’s apartment in Harlem—at the time of the crime, the charges were dropped.
Facebook also helped law enforcement in Martinsburg, PA, locate the culprit behind a burglary after he forgot to log off the victim’s computer. In Indiana, Ian J. Clark’s postings on MySpace helped the district attorney prove he was capable of murdering his girlfriend’s child.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
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