Police in Queenstown, New Zealand, dubbed it their first Facebook arrest: in January, they tracked down a man who had allegedly tried to burgle a local pub by posting security-camera shots of him on Facebook. After spending about an hour trying to open the safe, the would-be criminal apparently overheated removed his mask. He stole a glance at the camera for long enough that investigators could freeze the frame and post the images on the police department's Facebook profile. Web users and viewers of a TV segment that featured the images quickly recognized him as 21-year-old Michael James Ede, and the man was soon in custody. Along with co-offender Tye George Bennet, 18, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to complete 300 hours' community service and pay a fine of $125 to repair the safe.
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In case you haven't figured it out by now, Facebook isn't as private as you might think. Everyone from underage drinkers to White House gate crashers has been undone by the proof of their misdeeds on the social-networking site