Social Networking Saves the Day: Teen Beats Robbery Rap Thanks To Facebook

November 12th, 2009

Posted by Bossip Staff

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Robbery was the case that they gave Rodney Bradford and “where’s my pancakes” is the phrase that saved him after members of New York’s Finest arrested the young man for participating in a burglary that he claimed to have not participated in. Detectives apprehended Bradford, 19, after they suspected that he was involved in a robbery that had taken place a couple of days beforehand. Seemingly trapped in a tangled web woven by legal woes, the level headed teen delivered an iron clad alibi attesting to his whereabouts during the crime: he was on Facebook.

NYPD arrested the young man after authorities believed that he had been involved in the mugging of Rolando Perez-Lorenzo and Jeremy Dunklebarger, a crime that too place at 11:50 a.m. A status update made on October 17th at 11:49 a.m. confirm Bradford’s statement, and in the process, set a legal precedent.

“This is the first case that I’m aware of in which a Facebook update has been used as alibi evidence,” remarked John Browning, member of the Dallas Bar Association and student of the ever expanding relationship between social networking sites and the law.

Still all is not peachy in Bradford’s word, as he has yet to face the music for another burglary charge, this one still pending; just another day in the life of the young man known as the Facebook Kid.”

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29 Responses to “Social Networking Saves the Day: Teen Beats Robbery Rap Thanks To Facebook”

I`ll Talk about what I want to talk about Nucca !

11/12/09, 06:39:am

1st and I really should get a life !! LOL

jiibs

11/12/09, 06:51:am

a new naked scandal youtube.com/watch?v=aTUZIAUNtTE

Tracey

11/12/09, 07:25:am

Strange story!

I was just about to believe he was innocent UNTIL it was said he has been charged before and it is still pending!

Quite possible anyone could have been on his face book and updated it for him. In fact, if someone isnt on a live video call online, this should never be used as an ablibi, otherwise criminals would always get someone to use their online accounts to gain a cast iron alibi.

This guy needs to prove it was him who was online, likewise the police need to prove it was him who mugged the two guys and wasnt him online.

End off, before the cyberworld gets murkier than what it is already!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSHADDAAAAP!!!!

11/12/09, 07:34:am

Is he reading ‘Bossip’?

DayShifter

11/12/09, 08:13:am

That defense is not going to work unless they can prove physically he was logged into Facebook, at the location he claimed to be. So that means live web feed that can be tracked to the location. Anyone could have been logged in…. this story sounds incomplete.

lawd da mercy

11/12/09, 08:40:am

These stories that bossip references from HIPHOP WIRE are so suspect. I hope he has a physical witness.

This alibi is not gonna cut it.

Red

11/12/09, 09:12:am

Can’t you status update from a Blackberry???

No u can't be boyfriend #2!

11/12/09, 09:19:am

Red

Can’t you status update from a Blackberry???

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I can from my Iphone!? However when you do this, it shows up on you’re page with a little phone icon next to you’re post! So they can tell if you updated you’re status on you’re phone.

Man, I just don't care™

11/12/09, 09:21:am

@TRACEY
~~This guy needs to prove it was him who was online~~, likewise the police need to prove it was him who mugged the two guys and wasnt him online.

**just making some corrections…**

Lean (In my opinion)

11/12/09, 09:28:am

@ Tracey

I SO AGREE! Unbelievable! YOu can even update them from ur phone and just do that as an “alibi”…WTH…

tg

11/12/09, 09:28:am

Just another day in a young black man’s life.

No u can't be boyfriend #2!

11/12/09, 09:34:am

No u can’t be boyfriend #2!

Red

Can’t you status update from a Blackberry???

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I can from my Iphone!? However when you do this, it shows up on you’re page with a little phone icon next to you’re post! So they can tell if you updated you’re status on you’re phone.

Oh and they can even check you’re computers history, date and time you logged on…I learned about all of this from my I.T. guy!

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983

11/12/09, 09:34:am

You really can update FB by a cell phone though so what method was used. 9 minutes is a long time though.

I mean I guess they had reason to suspect him…he already has another case pending with the same MO.

Glad he got off this one but I need more questions answered here.

Miss B

11/12/09, 09:45:am

WTH. All it takes if a little fb status… glad I now know!!!

dondada

11/12/09, 09:52:am

yall betta get a facebook page i got one

Moreaces

11/12/09, 09:56:am

He could have had one of his brothers/sisters/friends/ posting for him,, Not iron clad

sunny

11/12/09, 10:02:am

That Nicca had somebody else log in as him..maybe one of his siblings or freinds. He had that s#*t planned!!! I’m not buying his innocence!!!

sunny

11/12/09, 10:04:am

Red

Can’t you status update from a Blackberry???

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You can status update from just about any phone..

ShavonDenise

11/12/09, 10:20:am

You can update your facebook status from your cell phone too!! So??? I hope he is innocent but Im just saying

This some Shhh...

11/12/09, 10:52:am

High tech criminals. Geesh.

Rrrrroe Ski Love- A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

11/12/09, 10:57:am

If the popo is after him and they have their sites on him, eventually he will be arrested for something and put in jail. His lesson will be “Don’t provoke the man”

Henni

11/12/09, 12:45:pm

right, this can not be the precedent. People are just going to be giving their p*****words away so they can be alibied during a crime. lmdo, why did they legitimize this nonsense.

Wenzel Dashington

11/12/09, 12:46:pm

That’s why I post on Bossip all day. Just in case the police is trying to put charges on me.

DayShifter

11/12/09, 13:05:pm

It doesn’t matter where he updated from, there’s still no proof it was him, someone could have been using his phone. He needs and eye witness or some offical video of his location.

keke

11/12/09, 15:18:pm

THEY BETTER CHECK 2 C IF HE SENT IT VIA TEXT ON ON THE COMPUTER )

3LuvMe*

11/12/09, 16:06:pm

almos was gon ride wit em until it read that he has anothr case pending for tha same dam thing!!! and yes it mos deffinately cuda bn some1 loggd in as him updatin that status for him, unles he gota youtube video of himself updatin his status @ that exact minute, this will not suffice as an alibi!!! *IMO*

holla

11/12/09, 17:01:pm

depends tho…i mean at least someone on here should knw about IP addresses. You gotta update from somewhere, it DOES NOT have to show if you use a phone. Using my blackberry and using the Facebook app it shows as a phone, if your Blackberry browser is set to be recognized as a phone then it will also however if you change it to either IE or Firefox, it will show as a normal update even after you log on to an actual PC. The IP address from that update will be able to help the cops knw exactly what location he was updating from. If this is his house address then it will be on his PC. From there they can use the history evn if he deleted it because nothing on your PC really is ever deleted if the cops wanna find stuff. Even if its from his house tho, he needs to have someone home say he was home to coincide with the post. Hopefully he had a video cam on or took a pic with his phone or even made a call from his phone so they could see which cell sites his phone connected to and the time of the connection and compare that too the time of the robbery. He needs someone else in the home at that time, phone call, video message via facebook or live cam beyond that…wont really hold up

EleKtrik EccEntriK (ban conformity)

11/12/09, 21:42:pm

LMAO @ the face

WyzePro

11/13/09, 10:24:am

you all sound ridiculous..doesn’t matter if he was on his phone or not…the time stamp ( if it was him) suggests that he was busy doin something else…who’s going to be on facebook at the same time their jacking people?….furthermore…you idiots screamin he needs proof that it was him have it all wrong…you’re innocent until proven guilty…yes even black men are….or are we so quick to convict our own ?