Burglar cuffed after crime scene MySpace blunder A Florida teen was arrested for burglary after he left himself logged into his MySpace account at the scene of the crime. According to multiple news accounts, a caretaker for a home on Sugarloaf Key called 911 on Sunday after seeing someone sitting on a couch inside the house. By the time police arrived, the home was …
You have been watching to many tv shows .
in the US you have 3 choices. Trespassing, Felony trespassing, burglary .
Now there are variation of burglary in some states such as burglary of an occupied dwelling , residential or commercial burglary. You also have in some states home invasion. Thats when an armed robber breaks in and ties your family up. .
Burglary is NOT stealing stuff. In England Burglary is trespassing within a building with the intent to commit theft, GBH, rape or criminal damage. In Florida it's even broader - trespassing within a building with the intent to commit a crime.
They can show he was there, so they only need to think about intent. Computer misuse and possession of a controlled substance are easy targets. If they want to go for a harder sentence then intent to commit theft (just ask the jury why he was there - would they trust him not to steal stuff in their homes if he broke in? He's clearly a junky after all!)
Why the downvote for the AC?
The hardliners won't spend 10 cents to give someone who needs it something to eat but they'll gladly throw someone in the slammer for $80k/year ($40k is way too low) because their sensibilities were offended.
USA ~= wankers.
I know, I live here.
Mine's the one with the permanent Canadian work visa in the pocket.
If he has any sense (which apparently he doesn't) he will have 'ticked' (acquired on a bye-now-pay-later arrangement) a fair quantity of the stuff with the intention of selling the majority to cover the base cost while smoking the proverbial profit.
Stoner 1-0-1...There is never a good reason to actually pay cash for your own weed...(apparently).
Anon. Coz after my pre-work/breakfast reefer this morning I'm feeling a little paranoid.
This kid sounds stupid enough to have been an end consumer. And everyone I know who ever dealt weed ended up smoking more than the free 8th per oz they shifted. It's hardly a high profit business until you're into shifting serious weight or running a factory.
Or so I'm told anyway. I'd clearly never have done anything like that, or even consorted with those who would.
Im surprised he isnt up on a terrorism charge. Here in the UK he'd have been spotted on CCTV looking suspicious. Certainly enough to hold him without charge for a month. And screwdrivers are used by terrorists therefore a terrorist tool.
Good job this dangerous criminal has been locked up. (Plus anyone who uses their real name on the internet MUST be a terrorist).
... the police don't show up for a report of burglary (unless you tell them you are going to look for the burglar armed with a kitchen knife). Normally, they'll send a scene of crimes officer around in after a few days who'll do some form filling and then they send you survey form to ask how you think the case was handled. Their best chance of meeting a burglar will be if they run him over on their way to the chippy or kebab shop. In the unlikely event that they do catch a burglar, they will remove his drugs and he will then either be cautioned and released or released on bail - and the odds are, the case will subsequently be dropped.
I dunno - someone swiped my wallet from my flat in Camden and the cops came round the same day, to my surprise. To my even greater surprise, they caught the guy. They must have been bored. This was nearly ten years ago, so before the 'clean-up' of King's Cross shunted all the crack dealers and hookers a couple of tube stops north.
Bit embarrassing for the sake of £30 or however much it was (didn't get it back obviously). But the excellent thing was that he left a fag butt behind and they got him from the DNA from that.
About 20 years ago, I was working from home. I had one of the old analogue phones (OKI, IIRC).
Anyway a mate who lived nearby phoned me because his girlfriend had had her car broken into, and stole her handbag. It contained evidence of her address, and her house keys. (Epic Fail #1)
She thought she'd report it to the police when she finished work. (Epic Fail #2).
She mentioned it to her then-boyfriend over a lunchtime phone-call, who realised immediately the danger, and called me.
I ran round to their house (in Leamington Spa) like a shot, mobile and camera in hand.
Door open.
Didn't go in, called the police with camera primed, in case they came out. I was behind a bush, they wouldn't have seen me.
Astoundingly, similarly to Sarah's experience, they were round in 5 minutes or less. I mentioned the "perps" may still be inside, so they told me to wait, as with batons drawn, they combed the house*.
Needless to say, I was too late, TV, Stereo etc. gone.
Also, a nice set of designer T-shirts, that the boyfriend had designed and - fortunately - photographed were taken.
Caught the 3 stupid buggers a day later, as they were prancing round Coventry (10 miles/15kM away) wearing them. All kit recovered.
* Maybe that's why they were quick - free "Baton Training Course 101 ?"
The birches have all died off or been felled by palm oil producers.
Have you seen the price of stocks these days? - not worth a lot.
Biggest fail - leaving the weed behind.
Some of our UK correspondants seem to assume it is the more costly 'skunk' version instead of the usual bush. No self-respecting teen would leave decent weed behind.
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