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Thief Forgets To Log Off Facebook After Burglarizing Home
minnesota.cbslocal.com ^ | 6/23/2014 | Unknown

Posted on 06/24/2014 5:47:52 AM PDT by rktman

A Minnesota man is in jail because he logged on to Facebook.

Police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his profile from a home he broke into, and then he didn’t log off. It happened June 19 in South St. Paul.

(Excerpt) Read more at minnesota.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: criminals; dumbass; facebook
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So, maybe I have at least one use for facebook. LOL! Pretty sad situation when the bad guys get sidetracked because of "social media". Does "social media" have that much power that somebody can't stay focused on the task at hand? Or maybe he was sharing with his buddies where they might be able to pick up some "stuff" too.
1 posted on 06/24/2014 5:47:52 AM PDT by rktman
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The only thing that keeps the vastly outnumbered forces of law and order ahead of them is that almost all of them are incredibly stupid. Retarded, even.

The tiny minority of actually intelligent criminals can get away with it for a long time.


2 posted on 06/24/2014 5:50:36 AM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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What a maroon. FOCUS, idiot! FOCUS!


3 posted on 06/24/2014 5:51:00 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: rktman

As is often said: You can’t make this stuff up!


4 posted on 06/24/2014 5:52:42 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: rktman

The hash tag works!

#Arrest Me, I’m Too Stupid To Be A Criminal!


5 posted on 06/24/2014 6:01:03 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: rktman

This is a case when his age is bigger than his IQ.

File this in the “You can’t make this $#!+ up” drawer.


6 posted on 06/24/2014 6:01:27 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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If criminals weren’t lazy and stupid they wouldn’t have to be criminals...


7 posted on 06/24/2014 6:03:32 AM PDT by GOPJ (Hey IRS - those receipts you wanted? The dog ate 'em. -New Name:"Washington Thinskins" -FR. coloeo)
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Are you kidding me? You actually used the word “retarded”. I thought that was one of the newly banned words. Don’t want to hurt some idiots feelings now do we? ;>}


8 posted on 06/24/2014 6:04:10 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Steely Tom

They had a guest on the “handle on the law” radio show Saturday that claimed he was a bank robber for 12 years or so before he got caught. He was describing his tactics. Smarter than average crook but still not too smart given the high risks in robbing banks. :-)


9 posted on 06/24/2014 6:11:22 AM PDT by plain talk
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What a dumbass.


10 posted on 06/24/2014 6:23:19 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: rktman
FACEBOOK
11 posted on 06/24/2014 6:32:56 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: rktman

The electronic version of dropping your wallet at the crime scene.


12 posted on 06/24/2014 6:34:44 AM PDT by IronJack
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Nah.....more like writing a bank hold up note on the back of your personal deposit slip. You just can’t fix stupid.


13 posted on 06/24/2014 7:39:53 AM PDT by Autonomous User
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To: plain talk
They had a guest on the “handle on the law” radio show Saturday that claimed he was a bank robber for 12 years or so before he got caught. He was describing his tactics.

I heard a guy like that interviewed on a radio show once. He came across as incredibly arrogant; your average Joe is so stupid, he has no idea how easy it is for a guy like me to break into his house and steal everything he owns, people don't take the most elementary precautions, because they're stupid, etc., etc.

As I listened to him I was initially kind of chagrined, but then as I thought about it later, I realized that's because I don't think like a burglar.

Was the guy you heard on the Bill Handel show anything like that?

14 posted on 06/24/2014 8:16:13 AM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
What a maroon. FOCUS, idiot! FOCUS!

On his way to "work":

15 posted on 06/24/2014 8:55:33 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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The tiny minority of actually intelligent criminals can get away with it for a long time.

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid and Barack Obama are cases in point.

16 posted on 06/24/2014 9:54:13 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Nicholas “Wig” will have “to pay” for his stupidity.


17 posted on 06/24/2014 9:56:09 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Steely Tom

I remember a story years ago about two men on trial for robbing someone. The prosecutor had the victim on the stand and asked him, “Are the men who robbed you present in the courtoom today?” and the two guys raised their hands.


18 posted on 06/24/2014 9:58:03 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waits)
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Does anyone find it interesting that Wig, the burglar, was able to use the home owner’s computer? Doesn’t this mean that the home owner leaves his computer open and unlocked at all times?


19 posted on 06/24/2014 10:03:45 AM PDT by GreenAccord (Bacon Akbar)
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Most folks don’t password their home computer, it’s at home, there aren’t supposed to be random strangers walking around, and if there are you’ve got bigger problems than them being able to log in to your computer.


20 posted on 06/24/2014 10:10:00 AM PDT by discostu (Ladies and gentlemen watch Ruth!)
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