Tag: Crime

Missing Teen’s Cryptic Final Tweet Generates Concern, Controversy
A New Jersey girl is still missing after a mysterious tweet suggesting foul play went viral late Sunday evening. 16-year-old Kara Alongi has been missing for over 12 hours fol...
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iCloud Helps Kentucky Woman Get Her Stolen iPhone Back
Chalk up another success for Apple's iCloud. A Louisville woman was able to help police track down a man who allegedly stole her iPhone thanks...
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Lawyer Posts Photo of Client’s Underwear on Facebook, Quickly Leads to Mistrial
We've seen plenty of stories over the last few years involving court proceedings, social media, and how the two often run up against each other. We've seen a couple of cases that...
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This Genius Tried to Rob an Apple Store in the Dumbest Way Possible [VIDEO]
Apparently, Apple products are so popular that people are literally smashing BMWs through glass to get to them. Congratulations to Equonne Howard and his gang of inept thieves...
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ACLU Says D.C. Police Illegally Seized Man’s Cellphone After Photographing Alleged Misconduct
The American Civil Liberties Union has just filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia and two police officers after alleging that they violated the law by seizing a man's ce...
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Charlotte Man Threatens to Hit Obama with “Lee Harvey Oswald Swag” on Twitter, Promptly Arrested
Threatening to kill the President of the United States is a serious offense. Threatening to kill the President of the United States on Twitter is outstandingly idiotic. Appar...
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Parents Nab Daughter’s Pedophile Boyfriend with Facebook Sting
A convicted sex offender is facing charges of immoral communications with a minor after he was caught sending photos of his penis to a 15-year-old girl on Facebook. The 15-year-ol...
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Man Steals Ebola Patient’s Cellphone, Promptly Gets Ebola
As someone who's had their cellphone stolen, I can attest to the fact that it really sucks. Right after I realized that the theft had taken place, I immediately began my pleas to...
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Teen Tweets about Stalker Days Before Her Suspected Murder
It's possible that a series of tweets could play a role in solving a brutal homicide in Gainesville, Georgia. 16-year-old Hannah Truelove was found dead last Friday (August 24th...
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Learn How to Troll the Police with an Air Duster [VIDEO]
Messing with the cops for no apparent reason is generally something one should advise against. There are a lot of things that make this statement true - tazers, guns, and ultimate...
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Should Facebook Monitor Chats to Help Snag Child Predators?
Let's face it; social media and privacy are always going to be two warring parties. Sure, privacy controls help users define who can see what on sites like Faceb...
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Facebook Sex Rating Page Nets Australian Man Four Months in Jail
In Australia, it is illegal to "use a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offense," and a 22-year-old Victoria may pay a pretty steep price for violating that statue on Fac...
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Clown Uses Steve Jobs’ Stolen iPad to Play Michael Jackson
You really can't make this up. In an incredibly odd turn of events, an iPad once beloning to the Steve Jobs household wound up in the hands of a party clown known as Kenny the...
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Judge: Your Facebook Friends Can Legally Show Cops Your Profile
If you think that privacy settings will stop a persistent investigator from accessing your profile information, status updates, and various other types of personal Facebook data -...
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Guy Tracks Bike Thief Via Craigslist, Sets Up Sting [VIDEO]
Well, that's one way to get your stolen property back. When Simon Jackson's (alias) bike was stolen from his home in Portland, Oregon, he began searching the internet for it....
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