‘Like’ button leads to obstruction of justice charge
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A Tazewell County, Va., woman was charged with obstruction of justice Thursday morning, after lying to Tazewell County Sheriff’s deputies who were searching for her boyfriend who was wanted in Maryland on sex offender charges.
Samantha Nicole Dillow, 22, of Bluefield, Va., visited the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page, and pressed the like button, according to Tazewell County Sheriff Brian Hieatt, who speculated that Dillow wanted to receive alerts of any developments related to the search for her boyfriend, Dyllan Otto Naecker, 29.
“We have been working with our Facebook page for quite a while now,” Hieatt said. “We use it to post pictures of missing persons, or fugitives we were looking for. It was very helpful when we tracked Chris Sturgill to Texas.
Major (Harold) Heatley looks at the page regularly, and when he saw that she had pressed the like button, he looked at the photos on her page, and thought the male she was pictured with might have been the person Maryland authorities were looking for.
“Major Heatley emailed a photograph of the male subject to Maryland, and they responded back that he was the fugitive they were searching for,” Hieatt said. “We were able to trace her post back to her home. We felt that he was in hiding there with her so several deputies went to her residence.”
Hieatt said that Dillow denied that Naecker was in the residence. He said there were enough deputies to surround the residence while one of the deputies returned to Tazewell to obtain a search warrant. “Before the deputy returned with the search warrant, Mr. Naecker walked outside the residence, and we took him into custody. I think he was surprised.
“All of that came from Facebook,” Hieatt said.
“Once she ‘liked’ our Facebook page, she put everything in motion for us to make the arrest,” Hieatt said.
She wanted to get updated to see if we were searching for us. If she wouldn’t have liked us, we might not have located him this quickly.”
Hieatt said that his office uses social media frequently and they have had good success with several different kinds of investigations.
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I don't like this very much.
Bet she didn't like that very much.
Sensationalist title much? The obstruction of justice charge was because she lied to the police about sheltering a fugitive and lying about it, not because she liked their facebook page.
The only reason that was even brought up was because it tipped them off to photos of the two living together, which she stupidly kept as public.
What Snowmew says. Subscribing to the law enforcement's facebook page for updates gave them enough to prove intent.
I am okay with this. It's their own damn fault. Pictures have privacy settings for a reason.
[QUOTE]Major (Harold) Heatley looks at the page regularly, and when he saw that she had pressed the like button, [B]he looked at the photos on her page[/B][/QUOTE]
Why does that part disturb me.
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;37677125]Why does that part disturb me.[/QUOTE]
You have to realize that not many people would Like that particular page, so when he saw someone who wasn't a police officer Liking it he just wanted to check it out.
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;37677125]Why does that part disturb me.[/QUOTE]
It shouldnt. If you have your photos unprotected anyone can look at them. ANYONE.
[QUOTE=Blanketspace;37677529]You have to realize that not many people would Like that particular page, so when he saw someone who wasn't a police officer Liking it he just wanted to check it out.[/QUOTE]
No, that actually seems really creepy instead. If a random person does that, yeah, I could understand getting slightly suspicious, but you really aren't in the right enough to snoop through their shit, regardless of it's public or not, because you don't pertain to that person or their lives.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;37678259]No, that actually seems really creepy instead. If a random person does that, yeah, I could understand getting slightly suspicious, but you really aren't in the right enough to snoop through their shit, regardless of it's public or not, because you don't pertain to that person or their lives.[/QUOTE]
Thats like leaving your front door open, putting up massive 'UNLOCKED EVERYONE IS WELCOME' sign, and then berating people for walking in.
If you don't want people 'snooping' around your life, make your profile private, or maybe something even smarter!
DON'T PUT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE ON THE INTERNET.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;37678259]No, that actually seems really creepy instead. If a random person does that, yeah, I could understand getting slightly suspicious, but you really aren't in the right enough to snoop through their shit, regardless of it's public or not, because you don't pertain to that person or their lives.[/QUOTE]
Not really, if they keep their profiles public, they say to everyone that theese images are public, so you are welcome to come look at them.
[QUOTE=areolop;37677644]It shouldnt. If you have your photos unprotected anyone can look at them. ANYONE.[/QUOTE]
I was more thinking of the fact that he would check out the photos of a random woman over Facebook.
[QUOTE=Blanketspace;37677529]You have to realize that not many people would Like that particular page, so when he saw someone who wasn't a police officer Liking it he just wanted to check it out.[/QUOTE]
That does make sense.
[quote].. and thought [B]the male she was pictured with[/B] might have been the person Maryland authorities were looking for.[/quote]
her pic had someone that looked like someone they were looking for
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;37678597]I was more thinking of the fact that he would check out the photos of a random woman over Facebook.
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They knew who she was already when she liked the page.
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