BUSTED ON FACEBOOK

TAKING DOWN A FACEBOOKING MOB BOSS

Italian mob boss and one of Italy’s 100 most-wanted criminals,

Pasquale Manfredi was arrested by local police due to his Facebooking

habits. Manfredi was an avid Facebooker, logging in rather often, which

led police to trace his internet key and bust him at his own apartment.

AIRLINE EMPLOYEES GOING DOWN IN SMOKE

Virgin Atlantic fired 13 employees for insulting passengers by calling

them “chavs” in a Facebook group. The employees also joked about

the plane engines’ safety and said the cabin was full of cockroaches.

These social media idiots learned the hard way that work problems

should be kept off social media!

A DEFRAUDER TAKES A BEACH VACATION

Most people love beach vacations, including Maxi Sopo. Seattle

resident Sopo made sure to let all his Facebook friends know what a

good time he was having in Cancun – after defrauding banks out of

$200,000. He was later arrested and extradited back to the States.

NOT A FAN OF MUSHY PEAS AND OLD PIZZA

San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie was fined $2,500 for

complaining about the “most nasty food of any team” at their training

camp, even implying it was the reason they weren’t winning a Super Bowl.

THE FACEBOOK ADDICT-TURNED-ROBBER

You may think you’re addicted to Facebook but you don’t come close

to West Virginian Jonathan G. Parker. While robbing two diamond

rings from a woman’s home, Parker logged into Facebook – probably

to check his news feed and like a lolcat video. The trouble was he

logged in on the woman’s computer; she found an unknown profile

logged in when she arrived home which she reported to the police

whom quickly tracked Parker down.

A DRUNKEN RANT ABOUT BLOWING HEADS OFF

This social media nut wasn’t busted just by his boss but also by the

police! Bronx resident Jason A. Steward posted an angry, drunken rant

about his supervisor, threatening to blow the boss’s head off. Police

arrested Steward and charged him with a felony for making a terrorist

threat and two misdemeanours of aggravated harassment.

THE COOL MOM

Parents have to juggle a rough line between being strict and playing it cool.

Ohioan Teacher’s Aide Mary Ellen Hause was arrested for letting three

cheerleaders drink at her house with her teenage son. A school official

found pictures of the teens’ shindig on Facebook and Hause was

sentenced to 30 days in jail, a $500 fine, and three years of alcohol

possession or consumption prohibition.

THE RANTING WAITRESS

North Carolina pizza worker Ashley Johnson was fired from her waitress

Job for ranting about customers on Facebook, something many servers

seem to be doing these days. Johnson harshly criticized the guests

for staying three hours past her shift and only tipping $5.

ASKING YOUR FRIENDS HOW TO VOTE

A juror in the United Kingdom was dismissed after asking her Facebook

friends how to vote. “I don’t know which way, so I’m holding a poll”,

she said while disclosing relevant information to the case.