The last update in this ongoing series was back in March, but things roll on. The Page One story in Saturday’s WSJ highlighted just how many stupid perps are getting busted because they can’t resist taking photos of themselves in the act with their cameraphones.
A prosecutor in the town of Nashua, New Hampshire says cameraphone photos provide useful evidence in 40 to 50 cases per year, which seems like a lot for a town of 90,000. This trend really doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and prosecutors and police don’t mind. There’s a section of society that likes to blame things like cameraphones and YouTube for “causing” criminal behavior. That’s obviously not true, and the reality seems to be that they serve as quite a useful tool for law enforcement.
If you spot a story of stupid criminals being undone by mobile phones, be sure to email it to me at carlo at mobhappy dot com.
Hi Carlo
We love the stupid criminals feature on MobHappy. Always a treat, thanks !!
Tomi