Texsox Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Click Here “To be honest with you, it bothers me,” said Wilson, 25, who was indicted Tuesday on bank robbery charges after the FBI compared Facebook photos with images taken from a bank surveillance video. “Facebook could have let me know what was going on. Instead, I got my door kicked down, and all of a sudden I’m in handcuffs.” Federal investigators defend the practice. “With technology today, we would be crazy not to look at every avenue,” said Special Agent Donald Dawkins, spokesman with the ATF in Detroit. The FBI suspected Wilson was behind a string of bank robberies across Metro Detroit that netted more than $6,300. Special Agent Juan Herrera said an informant told the FBI about Wilson’s Facebook account. It was registered under the name “Anthony Mrshowoff Wilson.” In several photos on Facebook, Wilson was wearing a blue baseball hat and blue hooded sweatshirt, both featuring a Polo emblem. That’s the same outfit the FBI said the suspect wore when he stole $390 from a Bank of America Branch in Grosse Pointe Woods on Nov. 26, according to federal court records. His Facebook photos also included one in which Wilson wore a red Philadelphia Phillies baseball hat, which the FBI said Wilson donned while robbing $1,363 from a PNC Bank branch in St. Clair Shores on Dec. 21, according to court records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 What kind of idiot robs a bank to steal $400? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 He needed to buy a couple new Polo hoodies . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 06:41 AM) What kind of idiot robs a bank to steal $400? If you want to get in and out quick, that's probably all you can really get. Each cashier probably has ~ that much. If you pull a gun on a single cashier, that's what you'd get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 They'd be stupid to not be using things like facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 They'd be stupid to not be using things like facebook. Yeah, it's no joke and they definitely do. My brother works for the feds (IT job for the "State Dept") and went through a year and half of background investigation before he could get his clearance. It's scary what they look at and how many candidates are dropped just because of what is dug up on them in the social networking scene.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I dont have Facebook, Ive always advised my friends that Facebook can only lead to bad things. As for the guys complaint, Facebook is about as in the public as you can make information. If you make information public, you have no legitimate expectation of privacy. Thus, if you dont want people to know you committed a crime, dont post a picture on facebook bragging about it. (Not saying that this is what happened in this case, but plenty of people post stupid things.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:47 AM) I dont have Facebook, Ive always advised my friends that Facebook can only lead to bad things. As for the guys complaint, Facebook is about as in the public as you can make information. If you make information public, you have no legitimate expectation of privacy. Thus, if you dont want people to know you committed a crime, dont post a picture on facebook bragging about it. (Not saying that this is what happened in this case, but plenty of people post stupid things.) You can make your facebook profile extremely private btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Note to Self: Delete Facebook Account prior to next felony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) Note to Self: Delete Facebook Account prior to next felony. cache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nothing is private enough. You put it on the internet, some one can get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:49 AM) cache. touche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) Note to Self: Delete Facebook Account prior to next felony. With this guy I think it's more the fact that he wore the same clothes that he did in many of his FB pictures. My wife watches a lot of those real-life crime solving shows and I'm always amazed how many people they catch because they don't get rid of their clothes and/or shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:55 AM) With this guy I think it's more the fact that he wore the same clothes that he did in many of his FB pictures. My wife watches a lot of those real-life crime solving shows and I'm always amazed how many people they catch because they don't get rid of their clothes and/or shoes. Note to Self: Consult with this dude and his crime-solver wife prior to next felony, and also delete Facebook account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 LOL at this guy acting like someone owes him something or should've given him a heads up. I have a better idea: don't f***ing rob banks if you don't want to get caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattZakrowski Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Oh no! The Feds now know know that I like the White Sox, Kanye West, Ball Four, and Fight Club! Foiled again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) cache. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:50 PM) touche. Gesundheit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 So I hear that Osama kept posting pics and getting tagged in photos of the compound, but what really gave him away was the "I answered 15 questions about Osama" game his top advisors kept playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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