Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Police trap suspected burglar with assist from his Twitter account



IT’S one issue to tweet out when you’re on the ball game or a concert. however when you’re allegedly robbing an condominium?
that's what a Virginia guy is accused of doing. Police in Washington, D.C. allege that Thomas Matthew Collodel burglarised a inn, a eating place, the the front table of an rental building and different Northwest Washington companies, in keeping with The Washington put up.
The burglaries allegedly passed off from Dec. 30 to Jan. 24.
Police stated their investigation changed into helped whilst the 33-12 months-old signed onto his Twitter account from a laptop on the concierge desk of a Northwest Washington luxury apartment building in the nighttime.
he is accused of burglarising numerous of the luxury apartments in that constructing.
A drawer behind the concierge desk were tampered with, police said, and surveillance video showed a person the usage of the laptop, the newspaper reviews.
Police stated Collodel’s Twitter account additionally have been accessed and images at the account matched the man or woman seen at the video.
Collodel was arrested Saturday and has given that been charged with 5 counts of housebreaking. He became ordered detained until a initial hearing in D.C. advanced court docket next Thursday.

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