Worlds Dumbest Criminal Logs Into Facebook While Robbing A House

Facebook has beomce a very popular social networking site. Cell phone companies have even poked fun at people using Twitter and Facebook. Perhaps, you have seen the commercial where a father is texting that he is sitting on the patio. His son stands near making fun of him. Well, today’s Worlds Dumbest Criminal by posting to Facebook while robbing a house.

A woman in Martinsville, West Virginia came home to find that her home had been burglarized. She also realized, it would not take a police detective to catch the Worlds Dumbest Criminal who robbed her. Dumb as a blog reported, “She discovered the burglar had used her computer to check his Facebook account and he hadn’t logged out.” (Facebook Fool, 2009).

It did not take police very long to find this Worlds Dumbest Criminal. Views from a Broad reported, “Since he forgot to log out, it was pretty easy for cops to track down 19 year-old Jonathan G. Parker of Fort Loudoun, Pennsylvania, who happened to be staying nearby” (A GUY CHECKED FACEBOOK WHILE ROBBING A HOUSE AND LEFT HIS PAGE OPEN ON THE VICTIM’S COMPUTER, 2009).

Jonathan Parker’s decision to use Facebook, while robbing a home, and not even logging out has earned him the distinction of being one of the Worlds Dumbest Criminals. He also has received one count of felony robbery during daytime hours. If he is convicted, he could be facing up to 10 years in prison. I wonder if West Virginia prisons allow access to Facebook?