20 Infamous Crimes Caught via Facebook


3. Vandalism

Date: April 21, 2011

Person on Facebook: 16-year old

This 16 year old faced a prison-sentence because of vandalism and destruction of public property: he played a prank that resulted in 5-month flooding of a public library’s toilets, and talked about the same on Facebook. The repair costs amounted to $247,000.

4. Censorship issues

Date: March 21, 2011

Person on Facebook: Mark Musarella

Musarella lost his license to practice emergency medicine as a medical technician because he posted crime-scene photos of a beaten and strangled woman on Facebook. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service.