Police in Henry County are on the hunt for a man who allegedly broke into a car and inadvertently posted a photo of himself on the victim's Facebook page. The victim was picking up her child from daycare and left her car unlocked. When the victim when inside the building to get her child the thief entered her vehicle and took her purse. The victim didn't realize until she got home that her purse was missing. The victim logged on to Facebook and noticed that a picture had been automatically updated from her cell phone, as her setting her in phone are set to automatically upload all photos to her Facebook page. The victim then recognized this as the person who was parked next to her at the daycare where her purse was stolen. The police are confident the suspect will be recognized and captured.
This should be on America's Dumbest Criminals! The victim isn't the sharpest tool in the shed either for leaving her car unlocked. After finishing the article, it was a smart move on the victim's part to have her her photos automatically uploaded to Facebook.
As if it isn't bad enough that the thief took someone's purse, they took a self photo with the victim's phone, resulting in the police having a photo of the suspected thief. The victim wasn't very smart for leaving her car unlocked with her purse inside it just because she thought it was a female sitting in the car she parked beside. Male or female, either could have taken it. What she thought was a female ended up being a male that she recognized in the Facebook photo as the person she parked beside at the daycare. If the victim would have locked her car in the first place this probably wouldn't even be an issue.
Take a lesson from the victim in this story and lock your car and if you're going to steal a cell phone don't take any photos of yourself!
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