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Robin Wilkey

WATCH: Facebook Post Sparks 30-Woman Brawl With Weapons

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 04.25.2012

More than 30 women gathered for a large street fight in Sacramento on Sunday afternoon, reportedly over a Facebook post. According to Sacramento Po...

Nursing Assistant Posted Photos Of Dying Patients On Facebook, Convicted Of Privacy Invasion

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police say an Oregon woman who worked as a nursing assistant took photos of dying patients at a nursing home and posted them on her ...

High School Students' Facebook Photos Used On Porn Site

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.15.2012

Seventeen students from the Bay Path Technical Vocational Regional High School in Charlton, Ma., are shocked after finding out that their Facebook pho...

Drug Dealer Caught After Posing For Facebook Photo With Wax Obama Statue

Posted 02.13.2012

A wanted Sicilian drug dealer was found hiding in the U.K. after he posted a picture of himself with President Obama's wax figure on Facebook this wee...

Things Not To Post On Facebook: Photos Of Stuff You Stole

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

PITTSBURGH -- An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man is accused of burglarizing a market with three teens, then posted pictures on his Facebook page showing th...

Cops: Facebook Unfriending Drives Woman To Arson

Posted 01.03.2012

Authorities in Iowa say a 30-year-old woman attempted to burn down a couple's house last week in retaliation for being unfriended on Facebook. Jenn...

Facebook Post Costs High School Team Three Victories

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2011

File under: "Oops." Or, perhaps more accurately: "C'mon, mom!!" At least, that's probably what two Perry County High School boys are saying afte...

13 Facebook Posts That Got People Arrested

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 10.30.2011

Facebook wall posts, photos, messages, events pages and more can be helpful tools for authorities tracking a suspect, serving as key evidence in crimi...

Facebook, The Latest In Crime-Fighting Technology

Posted 09.11.2011

By Jeff John Roberts NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining d...

Man Updates Facebook Status During Police Standoff

AP | By JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 08.22.2011

SALT LAKE CITY -- Jason Valdez is no stranger to Utah police. His latest brush with the law, however, may have been the most public. An armed Valde...

19 Facebook Posts That Got People ARRESTED

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith and Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Forget wiretaps and paper trails: more and more frequently, mischief and malfeasance on Facebook in photos, posts, pages, and chats is helping police ...

Chris Wittwer, 'Facebook Vigilante,' 'Names And Shames Sex Offenders'

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

*See photo and update below.* Chris Wittwer, Britain's 'Facebook Vigilante' has created a Facebook database of nearly 6,000 registered sex offenders....