Security Tip For Collectors: Leave A Powered-Up Laptop For Burglars To Use
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Burglar leaves his Facebook page on victim’s computer
By Edward Marshall, Journal Staff Writer
September 16, 2009 Email: "Burglar leaves his Facebook page on victim’s computer"
MARTINSBURG, WV - The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar's arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim's computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond rings.
Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary.
According to court records, Deputy P.D. Ware of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department responded on Aug. 28 to the victim's home after she reported the burglary.
She told police that someone had broken into her home through a bedroom window.
There were open cabinets in her garage, and other signs of a burglar.
The victim later noticed that the intruder also used her computer to check his Facebook status, and his account was still open when she checked the computer.
The victim later noticed that she was missing two diamond rings from her dresser in the same room as her computer.
The two rings were worth more than $3,500, reports indicate.
During the investigation, a friend of the victim told her that he knew where Parker was staying, in the same area as the victim's house.
Police then went to the home and spoke with a friend of Parker's.
The man said Parker had stopped by his home occasionally, but he said the man didn't live there.
He also said that the night before the burglary, Parker asked him if he wanted to help break into the victim's home but he refused.
As of Tuesday evening, Parker remained in custody at the Eastern Regional Jail on $10,000 bail.
If convicted he faces one to 10 years in prison.
- Staff writer Edward Marshall can be reached at (304) 263-8931, ext. 182, or emarshall@journal-news.net.
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<< <i>how about this... you know your buddies log in info and you do the facebook thing and FRAME him lol. you get the rings and you put yoru "bud" in the clink! >>
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Excellent revenge method.
<< <i>how about this... you know your buddies log in info and you do the facebook thing and FRAME him lol. you get the rings and you put yoru "bud" in the clink! >>
You have a point...
<< <i>I am an evil bastige. MUAH! >>
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DITTO, me.
<< <i>once again shows the "brilliance" of most criminals. >>
I agree Steve. Did you happen to see his mugshot?
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<< <i>how about this... you know your buddies log in info and you do the facebook thing and FRAME him lol. you get the rings and you put yoru "bud" in the clink! >>
And if he had watched 24, he would have thought of something like that.
Stupid criminals - they never watch the right TV shows.
And if you leave it logged into hooters.com, he might leave another type of trail behind...
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Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary. >>
Honestly this is the most interesting part of the story to me. Daytime burglary? Does this carry a lesser of harsher penalty than nighttime burglary?
Is there a separate charge for Sunday burglary or November burglary? Odd.
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Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary. >>
Honestly this is the most interesting part of the story to me. Daytime burglary? Does this carry a lesser of harsher penalty than nighttime burglary?
Is there a separate charge for Sunday burglary or November burglary? Odd. >>
nighttime is considered more dangerous as the homeowners would more likely be home
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Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary. >>
Honestly this is the most interesting part of the story to me. Daytime burglary? Does this carry a lesser of harsher penalty than nighttime burglary?
Is there a separate charge for Sunday burglary or November burglary? Odd. >>
nighttime is considered more dangerous as the homeowners would more likely be home >>
What about daytime during weekends?
If that's the only reason, then there should be a separate charge for the burglary if there are people in the house when a break in occurs. Not just because of the probability that they might be home.
It almost seems like it takes a more brazen criminal to break into a house in broad daylight with people walking around and awake.