Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail 143
An anonymous reader writes "A Facebook photo of a stolen 3 carat diamond ring recently helped police solve a jewelry theft. After rings and other items valued at more than $16,000 were taken from a home on Saturday, a friend of the victim's roommate saw one of the items on the social network. 20-year-old Crystal Yamnitzky captioned the photo with the following message: 'Look what Robby gave me I love him so much,' in reference to her 21-year-old boyfriend Robert Driscoll. Yamnitzky's cousin saw the post and told some friends, who alerted police. Both Yamnitzky and Driscoll have been charged in the case."
Nothing Beats Stupid Criminals (Score:4, Insightful)
for solving crimes. Ask any cop.
"Receiving stolen property"? Why is this a crime? (Score:1, Insightful)
Assuming the article is accurate, the bride-to-be really had no reason to suspect the ring was stolen.
Now she's permanently tainted with a criminal record for being a victim.
Way to go, justice system.
Re:"Receiving stolen property"? Why is this a crim (Score:3, Insightful)
I bet she knows all about how "Robby" gets his hands on stuff like this, and appreciates the flow of stolen goods.
What is this I don't even (Score:5, Insightful)
So, at least according to the police and article author:
1. Dumb woman insists on getting an expensive engagement ring from her boyfriend despite both being broke.
2. Dumb boyfriend steals a ring from dumb woman's cousin's friend's roommate while visiting with dumb woman and her cousin.
3. Dumb boyfriend gives stolen ring to the dumb woman.
4. Dumb woman posts a photo of the ring to facebook.
5. Dumb woman's cousin recognizes the ring.
6. Dumb woman's cousin tells his friends and they call the police.
While (1) to (4) are already incredibly stupid, and (2) is beyond my understanding of stupidity (that is, I can not see the logic, faulty or not, behind making such decision), I have to point out that the person who recognized the ring was dumb woman's cousin AND victim's roommate's friend. Even if dumb woman did not post the photo in (4), he would see her wearing the ring, so (5) and (6) would inevitably follow.
So considering how little importance Facebook has in those events, I have to bring a more important (at least for this site) matter -- SOME PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY STUPID. Stupid to the extent that they choose the worst course of actions available to them in a situation when absolutely nothing compels them to do anything at all. And people like that use technology.
How about the other items? (Score:3, Insightful)
This is what is so maddening about these crimes. I do not know what the six stolen items were, but I'll bet that some of them had sentimental value to the owners far beyond the intrinsic value of the gold itself, and now they are likely gone forever.
Re:What is this I don't even (Score:5, Insightful)
>why even bother for such a small amount of money?
Junkies live in the moment. Often they expect to die very soon and they are bargaining for the moment. This is hard to understand if you haven't walked in their shoes. I'm not trying to justify it.