You couldn't make it up dept. no. 94: addiction

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A house thief in Albano Laziale, near Rome, logged in onto his own Facebook account from the computer of the flat he was robbing. He is now spending time as a guest of the Italian taxpayer, meditating on the ability of the police to follow up electronic connections. The unusually lucky house-owner has been reunited with a good part of the loot.

Comments

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

I'll bet he was playing Mafia Wars! :P

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I don't know if there is an Italian language version.

When considering these stories, keep this in mind:

[jorrocks-j.livejournal.com]

People don't turn to a life of crime because the Max Planck Institute isn't hiring particle physicists the way it used to. ;-)

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's happened in the US too.