From Boing Boing and the Smoking Gun comes a story of revenge gone wrong.
An Oregon man, Robert Salisbury, returned home on 23 March 2008 to find approximately 30 people ransacking his home. These people were carrying printouts of Craiglist ads with the man’s address, including an invitation to take everything in his home, including Salisbury’s 32-year old horse. See the Seattle Times for more details.
Police investigated and subpoenaed the IP address of the users who posted the Craigslist advertisements. A quick check with local ISPs led police to the home of Brandon and Amber Herbert, who were arrested on “burglary and computer crime charges”. Police believe the couple posted the ads to cover up their earlier thefts of saddles from Salisbury’s garage.
Who’s dumber? The Herberts or the people who ransacked Salisbury’s home? It’s a real horse race among these folks for the title!
Tags: craigslist, crime, Internet, monitoring, oregon, privacy, USA
