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Sunday, March 04, 2007 

I've mentioned police using social networking sites to find minor infractions of college students. Well this is anothet interesting use of social networking sites by law enforcement in my home state. I'm curious as to whether this will work...


'Do You Know Me???' asks MySpace page by police tracking robber

By Jon Gambrell
The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK -- He's about 60, with graying hair and a bald spot on the crown of his head -- and he looks forward to meeting "more bank tellers so that I can continue my crime spree!!!"

As police continue searching for a suspect in four bank robberies across Arkansas, one local department has taken the unusual step of creating the man a profile on the social networking Web site MySpace, hoping someone will recognize him.

"He's not like a lot of bank robbers where he wears a mask or something to conceal his face," said Fort Smith police Sgt. Jarrard Copeland, who created the page. "The pictures are definitely clear enough and there's enough of his face and facial features exposed that someone who knows him will definitely recognize him and hopefully they'll call police."

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  • Who: Scott Sanders
  • When: 8-22-1981
  • Scott Sanders is a PhD student at the University of Southern California in the Annenberg School of Communication. His research interests lie in how people use communication technologies to maintain and support interpersonal relationships.

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