People are so addicted to social media that it is even causing criminals to get caught up. Take the case of Nicholas Wig.
Wig was doing what he does best, committing crimes. He broke into a house in South St. Paul, Minnesota and did what normal criminals do, he stole a lot of cash, jewelry and other valuables. He also did one thing that most criminals wouldn’t do, he checked his Facebook account to see if he got any messages on the homeowner’s computer.
One small problem, Wig didn’t log out of his account. When the homeowner came home, besides finding his place ransacked, he found the Wig’s clothes (it was raining and he left them there, I know he isn’t very bright) and his Facebook account still up.
You can imagine what happened after that.
Wood posted to Facebook using Wig’s profile, saying Wig had burglarized his home. He even shared his phone number to see if someone would call with information. Wig texted him later that day.
“I replied you left a few things at my house last night, how can I get them back to you,” Wood said.
Wig agreed to meet with Wood later that night. Wood believes Wig was under the impression he would give him back some of his clothes he had left at his home in exchange for a recycled cell phone Wig had stolen.Wood, at his friend’s house, left for home. On his way back to his house he saw and recognized Wig, from his Facebook profile, walking on the street. He immediately called police.
“I’ve never seen this before,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. “It’s a pretty unusual case, might even make the late night television shows in terms of not being too bright.”
Wig was wearing Wood’s watch when he found him. Police arrested him at the scene.
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