People dumb enough to commit crimes are, no shocker here, stupid enough to brag about their crimes and then act surprised when they get caught. These idiot criminals were caught on Facebook and other online outlets when police and/or concerned citizens saw what these gems of society had been up to in their free time.
What crimes do people post of Facebook? Look, jail sucks, and not everyone who's locked up deserves to be there. I'm not here to pass judgement on whether or not certain crimes are prison worthy, I'm just here to point out that sometimes people do bad things, and when they do, it's kinda cool when their own arrogance and stupidity is what gets them caught.
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Hackers Brag About Successful Hacks on Hacker Forums
In movies, Hackers frequently get blow jobs while . In real life, hacking isn't the same type of glamorous, no-holds-barred emotional thrill-ride that, say, internet-comedy-writing is, so instead of blowjobs and Travoltas you have to go online and brag about your exploits.
Actually, it's starting to sound just like internet-comedy-writing.
Anyway, in movies and TV, police are hacking geniuses who can read each other's mind while they type, but in real life all they really need to do is read online hacker forums, where two hackers guilty of doing something technical (I'm sure someone in the comment section can be more specifically) to Amazon's… servers, or maybe their wifi (can you hack a wifi?), and promptly got arrested for it.
Dustin McCombs Taunts Police After Raping Someone
After being accused of "rape by force" (as opposed to rape by… um… gentleness?) Dustin McCombs took umbrage with the police department labeling him the "creep of the week" and decided to troll them on Facebook.
Haha, this dumbass writes his own captions.
Shortly after the above conversation, Dustin was caught. Obviously.
Michael Baker Siphons Gas From a Cop Car
Siphoning gas from a cop car is the perfect crime, because reasons. Just look at that guy. Check out that protruding middle finger. Man, you are punk rock as s**t.
After being arrested, Baker posted the Facebook comment "yea lol I went to jail over Facebook."
Now, to clarify -- in case Michael is reading -- no you didn't, dude. You went to jail over stealing from a police officer. You got caught because of Facebook. You idiot.
Ben Rutkowski and Kai Christensen Post Pictures of Their Deadly Traps
One thing I've learned researching this article is that if you're going to lay a bunch of deadly traps along a hiking trail in the woods with the intent or hurting or killing strangers, then don't. Like, just don't do that. I'm not even going to explain why.
But if you've already done it, then sure, go ahead and post pictures of the traps and your ugly mug with a big dumbass grin online because clearly good decisions aren't your forte.
Michael Ruse Facebook Status Doubles As Confession
You're not fooling anyone with your fake last name, boy-o. People on Facebook still know who you are. But congratulations on getting six people to like your stupid-ass post, you seem like a charismatic fellow.
Oh, wait, you beat up your friend's father with a baseball bat? Now I remember why I'm making fun of you.
Man Tattoos Murder Scene on Chest
Tattoos as a symbol of status and accomplishments is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years, but I'm not one to point out an old tradition and call it silly or stupid. But if you murder somebody, and then tattoo that incident on your own chest, I'm pretty comfortable calling you stupid. If you take this one step further and imagine yourself as a helicopter and your enemy as a peanut, then I'm going to take back my earlier comment because you're a pretty crazy dude and I don't wanna mess with you.
Does that helicopter have a mouth?
According to the Daily Mail, the cops had given up on ever solving that case until an investigator familiar with the area said "holy crap, you tattooed a confession on your chest didn't you. Wow, man. Wow."
That's a paraphrase.
Jesse Hippolite Brags About Bank Heist on Facebook
Well, these are getting a little bit blatant, aren't they? When Jesse hippolite posted "I WANNA PROMOTE A HEIST… WHO WIT IT???" just minutes before robbing a bank in Brooklyn, he demonstrated that he had no idea what a lot of things are. Like Facebook, for example. He now faces 60 years in prison.
Though to be fair, that's a pretty killer profile picture.
Officer Michael Rodrigues Facebook Friends Criminals, Arrests All of Them
I usually double-check that I know a person before I agree to friend someone on Facebook, but apparently I'm in the minority. Officer Michael Rodrigues in New York Facebook-Friended a bunch of suspected gang members and then… just regularly checked their status, I guess. After one suspect Derrin Dyson wrote "it's break-in day on the avenue," cops tailed him and then arrested him when he tried to break into an apartment.
Sure, some of the gang members knew that, say, haggling over the price of stolen laptops on Facebook might be a bad idea -- but according to the NY Daily News, the other members just laughed at him.
43 Gang Members Arrested After Bragging About Violence on Twitter
Since bragging and status are such important parts of gang culture, it's actually not that surprising that a string of Facebook and Twitter posts about violence between rival gangs lead almost immediately to 43 arrests in Brooklyn. No word on what any of the suspects' Klout scores look like, but we're betting it's pretty good.
Reckless Drivers Arrested After Posting Videos of Themselves Driving Recklessly
Aaaand I'm starting to feel bad for these people. Though it is pretty amazing that there are places in the world where a newspaper will repeatedly refer to suspects as "hoons."
Western Australia is certainly a magical place.