O n October 17, Jeremy Dunklebarger and Rolanda Perez-Lorenzo were robbed at gunpoint at 11:50 in the morning in Brooklyn.
The next day, Rodney Bradford was arrested for the robbery. Ironically, Bradford posted an update on his facebook page at exactly 11:49 in the morning, and investigators linked the update back to Bradford’s dad’s apartment in Manhattan. (wow, that’s a world record; he reached brooklyn in just one minute!)
Although the charges had been dropped after his ‘facebook alibi’ as of November 11, John Jay teacher, Joseph Pollini feels that the charges shouldn’t have been dropped so quickly because teenagers are more familiar with the internet because they use it everyday. Bradford’s defense lawyer, Robert Reuland thinks that even though someone could’ve used Bradford’s username and password to create that alibi, someone like Bradford isn’t expected to be a ‘criminal genius’.
Facebook has saved a young boy from being convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Even if he did commit the crime and used someone to make that update for him, his lawyer thinks that he isn’t smart enough to think of such a thing.
