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Burglar Leaves Home's Computer Logged Into MySpace
NBC Miami ^ | Mon, Nov 8, 2010 | JANIE CAMPBELL

Posted on 11/09/2010 1:34:11 PM PST by nickcarraway

Monroe County teen left identity on screen and pot on a table

There are dumb criminals everywhere, but it certainly seems like South Florida has a pretty large cache: a burglary suspect in Big Coppitt Key was identified after leaving a home's computer logged into his MySpace account.

Here's guessing 18-year-old Robert Rupp's friend count shortly dwindled.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says the caretaker of the home on Point Drive was opening hurricane shutters Sunday afternoon when he glanced through a window and saw someone sitting on a couch in the living room. The suspect was gone when deputies arrived, but they did find a few clues: an open window, a black backpack, marijuana on the coffee table, food wrappers, and an empty soda can.

Most damning of all, however, was that a computer in of the home's bedrooms was logged on to Rupp's profile on the social networking giant.

Rupp was found and arrested a short time later while walking around the same neighborhood with two screwdrivers in his pocket. He told deputies he entered the house "because it was cold outside."

He now faces charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools and theft.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crime; floriduh; myspace

1 posted on 11/09/2010 1:34:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows

Floriduh


2 posted on 11/09/2010 1:35:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: nickcarraway

Pot smoker = criminal dub a*s.

I saw the movie Reefer Madness and pot leads to a life of crime and insanity.


3 posted on 11/09/2010 1:39:00 PM PST by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: nickcarraway
Here's guessing 18-year-old Robert Rupp's friend count shortly dwindled.

Oh, I dunno - I bet he'll have all sorts of new friends.

4 posted on 11/09/2010 1:42:32 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: nickcarraway

“I’ma inn yo houz smokin’ sum weed ‘n steelin’ sum $heeit.”


5 posted on 11/09/2010 1:44:41 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: nickcarraway

he had to change his status to : “arrested”.


7 posted on 11/09/2010 4:05:14 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: nickcarraway

Figures. MySpace sucks. ;’)


8 posted on 11/09/2010 4:20:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: nickcarraway

My step-father’s last name was Rupp; criminality must run in the family....


9 posted on 11/09/2010 5:10:19 PM PST by Vor Lady
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