Tag: JAIL

It only took my dear friends at the British police four months, but they've caught him! Craig 'Lazie' Lynch shot to fame last month when his Facebook fan page suddenly gained traction and attracted over 40,000 fans in just a few days. He regularly updated his status and even uploaded photos while on the run -- I would link you to the fan page itself, but Facebook finally took it down last week. ...

Update 13 January 2010: He's been caught! Only in England, I tell you! digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/12/28/british-man-jailed-for-7-years-escapes-prison-updates-facebook/'; An escaped prisoner -- jailed for seven years for aggravated burglary -- escaped the confines of his jail back in September. He's been updating his Facebook page on a regular basis since then. ...

If you have a decent social network but still haven't jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon yet, here's another reason to get on: when you find yourself arrested in a foreign country that may not offer you contact with the outside world, send a tweet out before you get taken down. Like James Karl Buck, who tweeted himself out of jail in Egypt. After getting arrested for taking photos of a ...

Prisoners in the UK may be getting text-only email as part of a new plan concocted in the UK's criminal justice system. The prisoners will not be able to send messages to more than their approved list of contacts, and cannot send pictures or attachments of any kind, nor receive them. Text-only messages will be allowed. The system has not been put into place, and won't be until certain safeguards ...

Does not pass go, does not collect $200. iBackups.net owner Nathan Peterson received an 87 month sentence for software piracy, which is a record for sentences to date. For those of you who don't feel like doing the math, that's seven years and three months. Nathan also has to repay $5.4 million in restitution in $200 monthly payments after he gets out of prison. iBackups.net damages were ...